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

Management of Facial Nerve Paralysis due to Railletia auris Infestation in a Buffalo

  • Author:
  • N. Lakshmi Rani, C. Sreedevi, M. Srinivas
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 318 to 320

Department of Veterinary Medicine, NTR College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Gannavaram-521101, Andhra Pradesh

*Professor and Corresponding author: E-mail: nalluri_lr@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

A she buffalo was presented with unilateral facial paralysis. The etiology was identified by video-otoscopy as otitis media due to presence of Railletia auris, an ear mite. The buffalo showed uneventful recovery after treatment with Inj. Ivermectin and aural instillation of Flumethrin.

Keywords

Facial paralysis, otitis media, otoscopy, Railletia auris