Regional Veterinary Surgery

GUTTURAL POUCH MYCOSIS

Casuative organism : Aspergillus

• Multiple or diffuse fungal plaques on the caudodorsal aspect of the medial guttural pouch is the common site of lesion

Clinical signs

• Unilateral or bilateral epistaxis
• Epistaxis
• Abnormal head extension
• Ocular changes
• Facial nerve paralysis
• Lingual hemiplegia