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- Painful, deep lesions of the skin along your dog’s limbs or trunk
- Infection may start with a small skin lesion and progress to a large area of necrosis and ulceration within a few hours
- Pain initially seems out of proportion with what can be seen on the skin
- Fever
- Within 24-48 hours skin often sheds
- Localized swelling
- Erythema
- Signs of shock
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
- Significant pain that seems out of proportion to what is seen upon physical examination
- Intravascular fluid therapy
- Plasma transfusions
- Nutritional support
- Surgically removing dead and infected tissue and draining wounds
- Amputation
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