Otodectes Cynotis"Otodectes Cynotis is caused by an ear mite infestation in the ear. It is highly contagious to both other animails and humans. Your veterinarian will prescribe a miticide and the area where the dog lives should be cleanded with a miticide as well" This condition is caused by a type of ear mite with the infestations in the ear looking as if their are coffee grounds or debris in the ear canal. Ear mites are large, white and freely moving with four pairs of legs extending beyond the body. Their life cycle lasts 3 weeks. They lay eggs with a type of cement which sticks it to the ear. After 4 days of incubation, a 6-legged larva hatches and feeds for 3 - 10 days, rests a day and hatches to the protonymph (8 legs, last pair very small) and later moults into the deutonymph. This disease is curable when a miticide is applied (something that kills the mites) with excellent results. DiagnosisDiagnosis by your veterinarian is done with a device called an Otoscope whichs lets the doctor visualize the ear drum and see if it is intact. The veterinarian will also do a microscopic evaluation of debris from ear swabs suspended in mineral oil.Your veterinarian might also recommend a miticidal treatment to see if mites are the cause of the condition. Treatment of Otodectes CynotisYour veterinarian will use Antiparasitic agents such as ivermectin to treat this condition. If your vet suspects that your dog has a mite condition, then a topical ointment that kills mites (miticide) will be recommended.To ensure that the environment where your dog lives is free of mites use a cleaner specifically designed for mite removal such as Benzarid. Treatment will take up to 4 weeks.
SourcesThe Patient with Otitis ExternaR. S. Mueller Department of Clinical Sciences Coll. of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA. Pathophysiology of Otitis Externa R. Müller Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germay From Otodectes Cynotis to More on Canine Ear Problems To Dog Healht Guide Home
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