TY - JOUR AU - Bertone, I. AU - Bellino, C. AU - Alborali, G. L. AU - Cagnasso, A. AU - Cagnotti, G. AU - Dappiano, E. AU - Lizzi, M. AU - Miciletta, M. AU - Ramacciotti, A. AU - Gianella, P. AU - D’Angelo, A. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/12/03 TI - Clinical-pathological findings of otitis media and media-interna in calves and (clinical) evaluation of a standardized therapeutic protocol JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 297 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The aims of this field trial were to describe the clinical-pathologic findings in calves with otitis media (OM) and media-interna (OMI), to evaluate, through the development of a scoring system, the effectiveness of a standardized therapeutic protocol, and to identify the causative pathogens and their possible correlation with concurrent respiratory disease. All animals underwent physical and neurological examinations at three experimental time points: at diagnosis/beginning of treatment (T0), 1 week (T1) and 2 weeks (T2) after therapy was started, respectively. Follow-up telephone interviews with animal owners were conducted 1 month later. The therapeutic protocol consisted of tulathromycin (Draxxin®; Zoetis), oxytetracycline hydrochloride (Terramicina 100®; Zoetis), and carprofen (Rimadyl®; Zoetis). SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0606-3 DO - 10.1186/s12917-015-0606-3 ID - Bertone2015 ER -