Cryotherapy to treat benign skin tumours in conscious dogs.

Background: Cryotherapy can be used to treat benign skin lesions without general anaesthesia. This technique has only been described in anaesthetized dogs.

Objective: To describe the feasibility, safety and efficacy of cryotherapy to treat benign skin tumours in conscious dogs.

Azole resistance of causing treatment failure in a dog.

A 5-year-old neutered female toy Poodle chronically treated with systemic and topical azoles to control recurrent Malassezia dermatitis/otitis was presented because of the loss of treatment efficacy. Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) obtained in vitro for various azoles (especially itraconazole and ketoconazole) against Malassezia strains isolated from the dog were increased by several-fold compared with MICs obtained for control isolates. These results reinforced the assumption based on clinical observation, i.