INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

A Video-Otoscopic Study of Canine (Canis lupus familiaris) Ear

  • Author:
  • Ajay Singh, Mahendra Tanwar, P. Bishnoi, S. Palecha, T.K. Gahlot
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 248 to 251

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS), Bikaner-334001, Rajasthan

*Corresponding author: E-mail: tkcamelvet@yahoo.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

The study was conducted on thirty seven (37) clinical cases of otic affections in dogs. Ear examination was carried out by wireless digital video otoscope and diagnosis was made by observing changes in ear canal from normal. Occurrence of diverse ear affections was found more in males (81.08%) than females (18.92%). The occurrence of otitis externa was found highest (78.37%) followed by otorrhagia (13.51%) and others (8%). The highest occurrence was of acute otitis externa (82%) in 6 years average aged male dogs among the cases of otitis externa.

Keywords

Dog, ear affection, ear canal, otitis externa, video-otoscope