OTOSCOPIC STUDIES IN OTITIS, ITS DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN DOGS
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2016-07
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of otitis in dogs
with respect to age, breed, gender, ear conformation and ear type. The cases with history
and clinical signs of otitis were further evaluated for cultural examination, in vitro
antibiotic susceptibility, video otoscopy and to determine the in-vivo efficacy of drug
therapy for treatment of infection. Out of the 15766 dogs presented during the period of 6
months of investigation, 840 dogs were diagnosed to be affected with otitis giving a
overall prevalence rate of 5.32 % and higher occurrence of otitis was recorded in dogs in
the age group of 1-4 years (42.85 %) , German shepherds was the most affected
(28.57%), occurrence of otitis was higher in male dogs (64 %) as compared to female
dogs (36%), Dogs with erect ears (50%) were highly prone for otitis and majority of the
dogs had unilateral otitis infection (67.85 %) as compared to bilateral infection (32.15
%). Video otoscopic examination revealed that in all the dogs with otitis ulceration of the
ear canal was observed. Bacterial isolation from ear samples collected from clinical cases
of otitis revealed presence of gram positive, negative bacterial and fungal isolates. In
vitro Antibiotic sensitivity testing revealed that all the isolates showed maximum
sensitivity to cefadroxil followed by Ofloxacin, Cefalexin and Enrofloxacin. On
therapeutic trial, cefadroxil, Chlorhexidine gluconate and Ofloxacin combination had
maximum recovery so it can be concluded that, these combination therapy is effective in
otitis therapy.