OTITE EXTERNA BACTERIANA CRÔNICA EM MUAR: RELATO DE CASO

Abstract

The external chronic otitis in equines is a persistent inflammation of the external portion of the auditive conduct which has multifactorial aetiology, being still an underdiagnosed illness and therefore treated inappropriately in many occasions. The aim of this work is to report a case of external chronic bacterial otitis in a thirty-year-old mule with no defined breed. The animal presented auricular ptosis, pruritus and fetid secretion in the affected ear. From the otoscopy it was confirmed the inflammatory process of the auditive conduct evidenced by the intense hyperaemia of the canal walls and the tympanic membrane integrity. In the bacterial culture it was verified the Escherichia Coli and Proteus sp presence as the infection cause. From the antibiogram realization it was carried out the treatment based on the otologic solution with ciprofloxacin and dexamethasone associated with the lateral resection procedure of the auditive conduct, obtaining the total reversion of the animal clinical condition.