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My French Bulldog has flaky tummy spots. Ringworm or allergies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | French Bulldog | Male | neutered | 7 years and 6 months old | 23 lbs

Hi, we recently adopted a French bull dog. Today he got comfortable enough with us to ask for belly rubs. While giving him one we noticed these spots on his tummy that gave off a lot of skin when touched (see pictures). It there any chance this is ringworm? He had his first vet check up a few days ago and they did not mention these. He also has seasonal allergies... could that be causing this? Thanks!

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Answered By Angel Alvarado, LVT

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Published on May 8th, 2019

That doesn't appear to be ringworm. It could be a bacterial skin infection. Given that he has allergies, this makes bacterial infection more likely. You would need to have this confirmed by your veterinarian. Treatment may be systemic antibiotics, topical treatment or a combination of both. Getting the allergies under control would probably help as well. Discuss allergy testing, hydrolyzed diets, food elimination trials and antihistamine use with your vet.

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    Answered By Debi Matlack

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    Published on November 19th, 2020

    That looks suspicious of ringworm or another skin infection. If any people or pets in the house have similar lesions or are itchy, it could well be ringworm. He needs to be seen by your vet as soon as possible to determine what is wrong with his skin and get him started on the correct treatment.

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