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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE Idea Exchange: Properly positioning smears from ears makes identification a cinch September 1, 2006 To prepare a slide without having to label it, position the smear from the left ear on the center of the slide and a smear from the right ear on the right third of the slide.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE Otitis media and interna: Look for neurological signs August 1, 2006 By:Beatrix Nanai, DVM, Ronald Lyman, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM The practicing small animal veterinarian often has to face small animals with otitis externa. While not as common, otitis media and interna likely cause neurological signs.

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE The efficacy of an acidified sodium chlorite solution to treat canine Pseudomonas aeruginosa otitis externa January 1, 2005 By:Tim B. Strauss, DVM, DACVD, Tricia M. McKeever, MS, PhD, Patrick J. McKeever, MS, DVM, DACVD Treating these ears can be frustrating because of changing susceptibility profiles. The organism can become resistant to all available antibiotics or may become susceptible only to expensive or difficult-to-obtain antibiotics.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE Otitis externa sometimes complicated, frustrating August 1, 2004 By:Carlo Vitale, DVM, Dipl. ACVD Otitis externa is an inflammatory condition with or without concurrent infection and is the most common dermatological disease in a busy veterinary practice. Thus it is the most common claim forwarded to veterinary insurance companies. For the most part, the majority of cases are simple, and treatment clears the disease in a few days.

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE When your dog has itchy, sore ears (PDF) March 1, 2004 Your veterinarian has just informed you that your dog has otitis, or inflammation of the ear. Luckily, most cases of otitis are caught during the early stage of the disease, so the chances for getting your dog's ears back in tip-top shape are good.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE Identifying, managing feline acne, non-parasitic otitis and allergic dermatitis June 1, 2002 By:Michele Rosenbaum, VMD, Dipl. ACVD In DVM Best Practices on Feline Medicine (May, 2002), I wrote about feline ear mites and dermatophytes, two common infectious diseases often seen in feline practice.

Source: DVM Best Practices Tackling feline ear disease, dermatophytosis May 1, 2002 By:Michele Rosenbaum, VMD, Dipl. ACVD Dr. Michele Rosenbaum outlines diagnostic and clinical management options for two of the most common infectious diseases seen in feline patients.

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