A Successful Nutraceutical Approach to Manage an Elderly Dog Presenting a Focal Granulomatous Dermatitis with a Concomitant Chronic Otitis

We describe here the beneficial effects of two specific nutraceutical diets to relieve dermal and auricular disease in a client- owned, 9-years male Labrador Retriever suffering from focal granulomatous derma- titis, and chronic bilateral otitis. Due to the lack of significant and long-lasting effects with specific drugs reported by the owner, a 2-month course with two specific nutraceuti- cal diets was opted. An overall significant improvement of clinical manifestations of both diseases was clearly visible at the end of the evaluation period. Moreover, no adverse reactions were reported. This clinical evaluation suggests that a specific nutraceutical diet supplementation can significantly improve the clinical status of an elderly dog suffering from focal granulomatous dermatitis and chronic otitis, thus improving its quality of life along improving the final outcome.