Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs

Forty clinically healthy stray dogs were used to determine the effect of type of pinna on the population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs. Two methods were used: cytological examination and fungal culture. The prevalence of...

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Main Authors: Lim, Jiehan, Arshad, Habibah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/1/Proceedings-36.pdf
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description Forty clinically healthy stray dogs were used to determine the effect of type of pinna on the population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs. Two methods were used: cytological examination and fungal culture. The prevalence of M. globosa were 25 and 40% in pendulous and erect pinna, respectively. Both pinna recorded a very low mean count of 0.03 yeast/hpf. However, no growth of colonies was seen on modified Dixon’s agar, therefore, M. globosa could not be confirmed. This study confirmed a high prevalence of M. pachydermatis in dogs with pendulous pinna (90%) which was higher than in dogs with erect pinna (65%). High population size of M. pachydermatis can be isolated from dogs with pendulous pinna (1074 cfu per swab) and dogs with erect pinna (466 cfu per swab) using fungal culture. There was a strong association of occurrence of otitis externa and type of pinna which predisposed dogs with pendulous pinna to be twenty-one times more at risk of developing otitis externa than dogs with erect pinna.
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spelling upm.eprints-309622015-01-21T06:45:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/ Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs Lim, Jiehan Arshad, Habibah Forty clinically healthy stray dogs were used to determine the effect of type of pinna on the population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs. Two methods were used: cytological examination and fungal culture. The prevalence of M. globosa were 25 and 40% in pendulous and erect pinna, respectively. Both pinna recorded a very low mean count of 0.03 yeast/hpf. However, no growth of colonies was seen on modified Dixon’s agar, therefore, M. globosa could not be confirmed. This study confirmed a high prevalence of M. pachydermatis in dogs with pendulous pinna (90%) which was higher than in dogs with erect pinna (65%). High population size of M. pachydermatis can be isolated from dogs with pendulous pinna (1074 cfu per swab) and dogs with erect pinna (466 cfu per swab) using fungal culture. There was a strong association of occurrence of otitis externa and type of pinna which predisposed dogs with pendulous pinna to be twenty-one times more at risk of developing otitis externa than dogs with erect pinna. 2010-01-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/1/Proceedings-36.pdf Lim, Jiehan and Arshad, Habibah (2010) Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs. In: 5th Seminar in Veterinary Sciences, 5-8 Jan. 2010, Serdang, Selangor. .
spellingShingle Lim, Jiehan
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Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
title Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
title_full Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
title_fullStr Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
title_full_unstemmed Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
title_short Effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of Malassezia globosa and Malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
title_sort effect of pendulous and erect pinna on population size and frequency of malassezia globosa and malassezia pachydermatis in external ear canal of healthy dogs
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30962/1/Proceedings-36.pdf
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