Rescue Dog - Coat and Skin

Hi everyone. Question for Karen and anyone else who might have some idea.

I recently adopted Colonel Esau. I don't know much about him or how he ended up in county animal control. As you can hopefully see in the photo below, he has a scruffy, wiry coat. He is probably 4 to 5 months old.

When I brought him home, he had recently been treated twice for mange. It's definitely not contagious and he doesn't seem to be itching too much - although his skin is very dry and flaky and the coat is patchy - both where the mange was and in general. He also had Giardia and his GI was very inflamed. Have treated that too with the standard course of med's and I expect it is under control. Will know for sure after fecal test next week. He is undernourished and very thin, but he's putting on weight now and definitely on the mend.

SO ... in addition to and I'm sure because of all of the above, his skin and coat are still quite dry and flakey, included a number of bare patches.

MY QUESTION IS, is there a particular food or diet or supplement that I can give him that would be optimal for helping grow back the bare patches and getting his skin and coat healthy? I have been giving him salmon oil everyday. That seems logical to me but you all probably know more than I do. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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