Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Soniya Parte, Reshma Jain, Atul S Parihar, Nidhi Shrivastava, Rakhi Gangil, BP Shukla and Tanya Singh

Abstract:
The study was conducted to record the incidence and risk of aural hematoma in dogs in Veterinary hospitals of Mhow and Indore city. Total cases of dogs registered in Veterinary Clinical Complex, Mhow and Indore Veterinary hospitals from July 2020 to June 2021 for various diseases were 30,290. 108/30290 dogs were diagnosed with aural haematoma. The estimated one year incidence risk for aural haematoma was o.35%. After accounting for confounding showed highest odds in German Shepherd (32.5%). The result suggest that there are several risk factors for aural haematoma including middle age group dogs (4-6 year), male dogs, ectoparasitic and otitis externa with pricked/erect ears showed increase odds of aural haematoma. The affected cases were diagnosed as unilateral or bilateral ear haematoma in which unilateral ear haematoma with more incidence of left ear (62%) involvement was noticed. with different causative factors responsible for cartilage fracture resulting in haematoma formation like ectoparasites (37%) followed by otitis externa (30%), dermatitis (22%) and trauma/ injury (11%). The study was focused to survey information related to cases of aural hematoma in the dog population and new knowledge of key breed and factors predisposition will contribute to improved breed heath control strategies.