Using tilapia skin (Oreochromis niloticus) as an occlusive biological curative in equine wounds:

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Authors

  • Sofia Cicolo da Silva Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Cirurgia Veterinária, São Paulo – SP, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-7461
  • Vívian Fratti Penna Ríspoli Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
  • Cesar Graner Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Clínica Médica, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
  • Lilian Rose Marques de Sá Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
  • Carla Bargi Belli Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Clínica Médica, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
  • André Luís do Valle De Zoppa Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Cirurgia Veterinária, São Paulo – SP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2019.154079

Keywords:

Horse, Graft, Skin regeneration, Fish skin

Abstract

Tilapia skin is being already use in humans and wild animals present burning wounds and showed a great result. The objective is to evaluate if tilapia skin used as an occlusive curative improves equine wound healing in two horses present chronic wound. Both animals are males, adults, both of breed Mangalarga Marchador South America. Every seven days wound we measured, photographed, biopsied for histopathological analysis, cleaned and tilapia curative was changed. Image J software was used to measure wound area. Tilapia skin as an occlusive biological factor seemed to improve healing process, wounds present an area reduction and clinical improvement during 35 days treatment, even though is still waiting for complete wound healing. In equine tilapia skin curative seemed to speed up healing process and allowed reduced curative change from every two days to once a week. This implies in decrease animal´s stress, less pain and treatment cost reduction since we used less bandage amount. Beside that tilapia skin industrial waste. Furthermore, it allowed avoid using antibiotics, which reduces environment pollution and there´s no antibiotic resistance issues.

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2020-01-16

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Using tilapia skin (Oreochromis niloticus) as an occlusive biological curative in equine wounds:: short communication. (2020). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 56(4), e154079. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2019.154079