Abstract
A 5-year-old female spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) had pruritic eczema all over the body surface. Clinical signs were eczema with severe pruritus, epiphora, blepharoedema and sneeze. Hematological test showed increased WBC and eosinophils in number. Biochemical test showed significantly high value of LDH. Antihistamines had no effect for the symptoms. The bear was treated with prednisolone, and the symptoms were improved. After the bear moved from Yokohama to Hokkaido, these symptoms were disappeared. This skin disease was considered atopic dermatitis because of the periodicity of symptoms according to seasons, severe pruritus, eosinophilia, effect of corticosteroid and disappearance of clinical signs due to the change of living place.
