Treatment Choices for Acute Canine Otitis Externa in Sweden, Finland and Norway: A Comparative Study With a Focus on Antibiotic Use
Kaisa Saarinen, Ditte Ljungquist, Riitta Seppänen, Mirja Kaimio, Anna‐Maria Andersson · 2026
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Kaisa Saarinen and colleagues survey, in a 2026 cross-sectional study, how veterinarians in Sweden, Finland, and Norway treat acute ear inflammation in dogs, a top reason for practice visits and antibiotic use. Surgeons in one corporate group registered their first twenty cases each in spring 2024, totaling 1,060 dogs with symptoms lasting four weeks or less.
Antibiotics were used in eighteen percent of cases, almost always as ear drops, while steroid treatment and ear cleaner covered most dogs. Norway and Finland used antibiotics in over a quarter of cases, against only two percent in Sweden. Microscope findings of certain cells and bacteria drove prescribing more than outward signs did.
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| CREATOR | Kaisa Saarinen, Ditte Ljungquist, Riitta Seppänen, Mirja Kaimio, Anna‐Maria Andersson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41809 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |