Evaluation of Etiology and Antibiogram in Otitis-A Clinical Study of 40 Dogs Umale M.J., Rode A.M.*, Dakshinkar N.P., Panchbhai C.G., Sanghai A.A. Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Science University (MAFSU), Nagpur-440001, Maharashtra *Corresponding author E-mail: avinashrode@ymail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract In the present study, total 92 dogs reported with ear infection complaints were screened for otitis. Of these 40 dogs were found positive for otitis based of history and clinical observations. In all 20 bacterial isolates were recovered during microbiological screening of these Staphylococci spp. were 8 (40%), E. coli 5 (25%), Pseudomonas spp. 4 (20%), Proteus spp. 2 (10%) and Bacillus spp. 1 (5%). During mycological investigation, 12 cases of fungal otitis were observed on exfoliative cytology. Of these Malessezia pachydermatis was observed in 9 dogs and Aspergillus spp. in 3 dogs. Antibiogram pattern of Staphylococci spp. revealed highest sensitivity to Ceftriaxone (62.5%) and least to Chloramphenicol (12.5%), E. coli was 100% sensitive to Ceftriaxone and Pseudomonas spp. was highly sensitive to Ceftriaxone (100%) followed by Ciprofloxacin (80%). Of eight cases of parasitic infection, Sarcoptic mites were reported in 4 dogs, Demodex mites in 2 dogs and Rhipicephalus ticks in 2 dogs as etiological agents for otitis. Top Keywords Antibiogram, canine, etiology, otitis. Top |