Changes in the ear canal microbiota of dogs with otitis externa

Otitis externa (OE), one of the most common ear diseases in dogs, is caused by bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus sp. To understand the network of microbial communities in the canine ear canal affected with OE, we performed a cross‐sectional study using next‐generation sequencing. Ear swab samples were collected from 23 OE‐affected and 10 healthy control dogs, and the 16S rRNA gene sequenced using Illumina MiSeq. The otic microbiota in...