Otitis externa is inflammation of the external ear canal that is more common in dogs than cats. Common causes include parasites, allergies, foreign bodies, obstructions, and autoimmune diseases. Clinical signs include head shaking, scratching the ears, discharge from the ear canal, and redness. Diagnosis involves examining the ear canal, taking a history, and potentially performing a bacterial culture. Treatment options include topical or systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics, antifungals, ear flushing, and addressing any predisposing factors. Resolution of symptoms often takes 3-4 weeks.
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These are the most common conditions that the people present in primary health center level.
The slide includes the short introduction and management of those conditions and primary preventive measures in case they are far away from well equipped hospitals.
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1. Otitis Externa
Acute or chronic inflammation of the external ear canal more
commonly seen in dogs than cats
• Common causes include parasites, hypersensitivity
reactions, foreign bodies, obstructions, and autoimmune
diseases
• Perpetuating factors include, but are not limited to,
bacterial overgrowth/ infections, yeast overgrowth/
infections, canal hypertrophy, cerumen gland hyperplasia
and adenitis
2. Pre-disposing Factors
• Otitis externa is more commonly seen in humid
environments, and in the summer months associated with
atopy.
• Idiopathic Glandular Hyperplasia of Cocker Spaniels,
Springer Spaniels, excessive hair in the ear canals (Cocker
Spaniels and Poodles), pendulous pinnae , and stenotic ear
canals (ex: Shar Peis).
• Dogs that swim a lot in the summer months often have a
greater risk
3. Clinical Signs Associated with
Otitis Externa
• Head shaking, rubbing, scratching, discharge from the
external ear canal, aural erythema, alopecia of the ear
pinnae, hyperplasia of the ear canal wall, hearing deficits
and possibily generalized skin disease
• Chronic/End Stage Otitis externa: Calcification of
auricular cartilage
4. How do you diagnose Otitis
Externa?
• History, clinical signs, physical exam
• findings bacterial culture and sensitivity
5. Treatment Options
• Topical or Systemic corticosteroids
• Antibiotics
- repeat cytology every two weeks to determine if
treatment is working and whether changes need to be made
• Antifungal drugs
• Ear flushing
• Resolution often takes up to 3-4 weeks (for the treatment
of mites)
6. References
• Brown, M., Christopher & Joseph J. Bertone (2001). The 5- Minute Veterinary Consult Equine. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, PA.
• Cote, Etienne (2007). Clinical Veterinary Advisor Dogs and Cats. Mosby Elsevier, Missouri.
• Stashak, S. Ted (2002). Adams’ Lameness In Horses (5th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PA.
• Tilley P. L. & Francis W.K. Smith Jr. (2007). Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine & Feline (4th ed).
Blackwell Publishing, Iowa.