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Managing Otitis Externa in Thali Sheep: Treatment and Care

Learn how to treat and care for Otitis Externa in Thali sheep, a common infection that affects the outer ear and ear canal. Understand causes, symptoms, and effective treatment methods using antibiotics and solutions.

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Managing Otitis Externa in Thali Sheep: Treatment and Care

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  1. CaseOtitis Externa

  2. Otitis • Otitis is a general term for infection or inflammation of the ear. Types • Otitis externa:  (swimmer's ear). Involves the outer ear and ear canal. A more severe form can spread into the bones and cartilage around the ear. • Otitis media: It Involves the middle ear, which is located just behind the eardrum. • Otitis interna: It involves inflammation of inner ear

  3. Causes of otitis externa: • It may be associated with dermatologic diseases, particularly allergic or immune-mediated skin disease (e.g., food allergy dermatitis, atopy, and contact dermatitis) or systemic disease (e.g., endocrinopathies such as hypothyroidism or Sertoli cell tumors),Bacterial infection, foreign bodies and parasites.

  4. Anatomy of Ear

  5. History of Animal • Age: 6 month • Spp: Ovine • Breed: Thali • Gender: Female • Weight: 12-15 kg App. • No. of animals in herd: 15 • Common problem in herd: mud eating ,allergy

  6. History conti… • Feeding: sorghum,grazing • No vaccination and deworming • Premedication: Mycitracin • Previous disesase: no • No tick infestation

  7. Physical Examination • Anorexia • Shaking of head • 10 days old infection • Maggots infestation • Left ear unilateral infection

  8. Treatment Swabing with KMNO4+Chloroform+surf

  9. Removal of Maggots

  10. Conti..

  11. C0nti… Partial List of Drugs and Solutions That May Be Used to Flush the Ear in Animals •  Aqueous penicillin • Ciprofloxacin •Clotrimazole •Enrofloxacin

  12. Conti… • Antibiotics: • Gentamicin • Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid • Tetracycline • Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazoleetc

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