Facial and vestibulocochlear nerve disease in six horses.
In 6 horses, clinical signs of illness implicated a lesion involving the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves. One horse had signs of otitis externa. Five horses had radiographic changes primarily involving periosteal bony proliferation of the stylohyoid bone at its articulation with the temporal bone. Five horses improved with antibiotic therapy. Otitis media-interna was found at necropsy of one horse.
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003056:Cochlear Nerve; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010653:Phenylbutazone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014725:Vestibular Nerve; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D000667:Ampicillin; D010653:Phenylbutazone