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

Video-Otoscopy for Diagnosis of Otitis Externa in Dogs

  • Author:
  • C. Bharath Kumar Reddy, K. Nalini Kumari, N. Syaama Sundar1, N. Vinod Kumar2, N. Dhana Lakshmi3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 290 to 291

1Professor and Head, Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex

2Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology

3Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex

Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh

*Ph. D. Student and Corresponding author: E-mail: bharath.vet4@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

Video-otoscopy was performed in 11 otitic ears of 6 dogs (1 unilateral, 5 bilateral) to visualize the external ear canal. The findings included purulent (4 ears) and ceruminous (3 ears) secretions in external ear canal that were not abundant grossly, ulceration of external ear canal in 3 ears and excessive hair in external ear canal (4 ears). Insipissated pus was observed in 1 ear canal out of the 4 purulent ears.

Keywords

Otitis externa, purulent, ulceration, video-otoscopy