9^th Global Veterinary Summit

With the increasing importance of health given to pet animals by the owners, the expectations from veterinary surgeons are increasing. The objective of the study is to meet the requests depending on, to a large extend, the examinations, which will facilitate the diagnosis by using improved technology and determine the prognosis. Accepted in veterinary neurology as noninvasive advanced diagnostic techniques, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT) and Electrodiagnostic testing are gradually becoming widespread. When the diagnostic tests are applied in addition to signalement, anamnesis, physical and neurological examinations that are fundamental in a neurological study, they provide avoidance from invasive applications, determination of the prognosis and support or confirmation of suspected neuroanatomical diagnosis before starting treatment. BAEP test can be used safely for examination of the brain stem auditory pathways of transmission that cannot be reached by other test procedures. In this study, we aimed to investigate hunting dogs used with normal neurological and video otoscopic examination results, whether acoustic trauma caused by firearm noise can be diagnosed by BAEP. For this purpose, hunting dogs with normal neurologic, video otoscopic and tympanometric examination results and have never been used for hunting is used to obtain reference BAEP values. While tympanometric pressure values of Acoustic Trauma Group (ATG) cases were higher than that in Control Group (CG), they were found to be in normal range (ATG left: 35.63±38.79/right: 34.00±38.25; CG left: -23.90±44.30/ right: -29.20±36.87 daPa). BAEP records were saved using both click and tone burst stimuli. Records were taken at the frequencies of 0.5 kHz–1 kHz– 2 kHz–4 kHz–6 kHz–8 kHz with tone burst stimulus.