Dog ear infections are commonly caused by the budding yeast Malasezzia pachydermatitis. Dog ear yeast infections are characterised by a yeasty smell, often with thickened skin, redness, scaling and a thick discharge inside the ears. Dog ear yeast infections are usually long term problems and won't be painful initially. While they can be hard to treat, they can be prevented by good ear hygeine and attention to your dogs overall health and other skin problems. 
Malassezia (yeast) infections: something extremely common in cats and dogs, especially during allergy season. These little buggers can cause nasty ear infections, and if you look for them properly, can be found anywhere on the skin.
Incidentally, our microscope in the clinic is suberb, but not an electron microscope (as what has taken this image).
Check out this great electron microscope photo of the dog ears infection yeast from Vet blog.
Malassezia (yeast) infections: something extremely common in cats and dogs, especially during allergy season. These little buggers can cause nasty ear infections, and if you look for them properly, can be found anywhere on the skin.
Incidentally, our microscope in the clinic is suberb, but not an electron microscope (as what has taken this image).
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