Vol. 10, Special Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
BR Babji, S Ayodhya, K Satish Kumar and B Anil Kumar

Abstract:
In the present study diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of canine otitis externa presents the incidence of otitis externa in relation with age, breed, gender, season along with hematobiochemical alterations, isolation of causative agent and different therapeutic regimens in dogs suffering with otitis externa and screening of 39/264 dogs were diagnosed with otitis externa forming an overall incidence of 14.77%. Highest incidence was recorded in the age group of 1 to 5 years (48.71%) followed by 5 to 10 years (41.02%) and 3 months to 1 year (10.25%). Breed wise incidence was highest in Labrador retriever (21.42) and least in Pug (6.66%) breed. Similarly, the otitis externa was relatively more in the males (58.97%) compared to females (41.02%), The same thing was highest in summer (43.58%), followed by rainy (30.76%) and winter (25.64%) season