INVESTIGATION OF CHANGES IN QUANTITIVE PARAMETERS OF MICROFLORA CONCH WHEN TREATING OTOACARIASIS

Abstract

Otoacariasis (otodectic menge) is an invasive cat disease caused by parasitizing mites on the internal surface of conch and external ear canal. This desiease is frequently observed in young cats aged 1-4 months. This is an acute, subacute and chronic ailment that can lead to the fatal cases. The researchers frequently observe ear ailment in the kittens and young cats where both ears are damaged. The mites parasite and grow in the acoustic meatus only where the mites are spread along the acoustic meatus. The mite females make the great number of epidermis centeses and eat the lymph; the development takes place according to binymphal type. The mite female lays eggs with sticky surface which attach them to substrate. Otoacariasis is a wide-spread disease in Russia; it makes 25-30 % of all diseases. The paper explores the parameters of conch bacterial content when experiencing Otodecte scynotis parasiting. The authors highlight that insectoacariasidic specimens reduce the number of KOE in the conch. They found out the direct relation between the degree of invasion and bacterial content. High bacterial content worsens and prolongs the acarian invasion treatment.