Table 2.
Ear mite infestation and clinical status in donor cats.
| Day −1 |
Sex | Right ear |
Left ear |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donors |
Cerumen | Ear pruritus | Parasites |
Cerumen | Ear pruritus | Parasites |
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| In group 1 | Macroscopic* | Macroscopic | |||||||
| 3812 | M | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6529 | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4644 | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| In group 2 | Average | 3 | 1 | 3 cats | 3 | 1.33 | 3 cats | ||
| 3996 | F | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6573 | M | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6502 | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Average | 2.67 | 1.67 | 2 cats | 2.33 | 1 | 3 cats | |||
| Day 28 |
Sex | Right ear |
Left ear |
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| Donors |
Cerumen | Ear pruritus | Parasites |
Cerumen | Ear pruritus | Parasites |
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| In group 1 |
|
|
|
Macroscopic*
|
Microscopic°°
|
|
|
Macroscopic |
Microscopic°°
|
| 3812 | M | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6529 | M | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 4644 | F | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 928 |
| In Group 2 | Average | 3 | 3 | 3 cats | 71 | 3 | 2.67 | 3 cats | 953 |
| 3996 | F | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 102 |
| 6502 | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6573 | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | 373 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 899 |
| Average | 3 | 2.33 | 3 cats | 409 | 3 | 2.67 | 3 cats | 1006 | |
Cerumen: 0 = absent; 1 = present but clear and low volume; 2 = moderate volume and brown; 3= abundant dark.
Ear pruritus reflex: 0 = absent, 1 = present and very low, 2 = mild, 3 = pronounced.
*
Parasites macroscopic: 0 absence, 1 presence.
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Parasites microscopic count: number in the ear washing product.