title: Otitis interna, media, and externa with destruction of the left tympanic bulla and subluxation and septic arthritis of the left temporomandibular joint in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos).
abstract: A 1.5-year-old, 37.7 kg, female alpaca was evaluated for a 2-week history of weight loss, left ear droop, and deviation of the rostral mandible to the right. Antemortem radiography and postmortem examination revealed otitis interna, media, and externa, destruction of the left tympanic bulla, and subluxation and septic arthritis of the left temporomandibular joint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Noe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Galvan
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: Cristi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Lisa G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Britt
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuroki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002161:Camelids, New World; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D010031:Otitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*