Common perianal diseases and dermatology oddities

While at the Fetch conference in Long Beach, California, Julia Miller, DVM, DACVD, sat down with dvm360 in an interview and discussed some of the most common perianal diseases in dogs. She also shared a few odd cases she has seen since working as a dermatologist.

The following is a partial transcript of the video.

Julia Miller, DVM, DACVD: So probably the most common perianal disease we see is anal cellulitis or inflamed and infected anal sacs or anal glands in dogs. That usually presents with scooting, licking, sort of discomfort in the back end, and sometimes they actually have full blowout abscesses.

In dermatology, it's cool because we get to see a lot of weird stuff, right? Weird fungal diseases, weird bacterial diseases.