INTAS POLIVET

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

Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Mycotic Infections in Canine Otitis Externa

  • Author:
  • Kamaljyoti , Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Naresh Kumar Sood1, Shukriti Sharma, Gursimaran Filia2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 302 to 303

Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana-141004, Punjab

1Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex

2Animal Disease Research Centre

Abstract

In the present study, a total of 115 dogs with history and clinical symptoms of otitis were examined to explore fungal infections. Cytological examination of ear cerumen and microbiological isolation identified eight (8) dogs to be affected with fungal infections comprising of Aspergillus (n=4), Candida (n=3) and Cryptococcus infections (n=1) besides Malassezia yeast in another twenty two (22) dogs.

Keywords

Dog, fungal infection, otitis