Chronic otitis externa/media with total ear canal ablation and bulla curettage in a North American bison (Bison bison)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-395

  Ferrell, Shannon T ^a,b   Valverde, Celia ^a   Phillips Jr , Lyndsay G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fort Worth Zoological Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bison bison; Bulla curettage; Ear canal ablation; North American bison; Otitis externa; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BUFFALO; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; LAVAGE; MIDDLE EAR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SUCTION; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TEMPORAL BONE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BISON; CEFAZOLIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CURETTAGE; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; IRRIGATION; MICROSPHERES; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; SUCTION; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037667210     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0393:COEMWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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