TABLE 1.

Summary of the median scores, percentage of high acterial growth score (BGS), percentage of adverse skin reactions encountered on client‐owned dogs (n = 19) undergoing initial surgical preparation for total ear canal ablation with bulla osteotomy (TECABO), pre‐ and post‐preparation (prep) with chlorhexidine diacetate (CD) or povidone‐iodine (PI).

	Antiseptic group
	CD	PI	p‐value
Median BGS Pre‐Prep	5 (5–5)	5 (2.8–5)	0.15
High BGS Pre‐prep (%)	89	70	0.58
Median BGS Post‐Prep	3 (2–3.5)	2 (1–4)	0.45
High BGS Post‐prep (%)	22	30	1.00
Median BGS Reduction	2 (1–3)	1 (1–3)	0.53
Adverse skin reactions (%)	20	30	0.63

Note: Interquartile range is noted within parentheses.