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The 6 questions every general veterinary practitioner should ask before treating otitis externa

Your veterinary team has performed an examination and evaluated cytology slides for the poodle in exam room 3. Just as you suspected, it's a clear-cut case of otitis externa. And now it's treatment time. How do you narrow down the choices and plan your next steps? You're in luck. Darin Dell, DVM, DACVD, dvm360 contributor and Fetch dvm360 conference speaker, has developed six questions every practitioner should ask after identifying the cause of otitis externa but before moving forward with treatment. More

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