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A one-year-old male Terrier dog weighing 22 kg was presented to the Ahmadu Bello University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (ABUVTH), Zaria, Nigeria, with complaints of sloughing of the skin and purulent discharges from an injured (sloughed) shoulder. Clinical examination revealed normal vital parameters, extensive necrotized skin on the dorsum extending from loin to the right shoulder and enlarged superficial lymph nodes. Blood and wound swab samples were evaluated in the clinical haematology and Microbiology Laboratories of the ABUVTH, respectively. The Pathology result showed leucocytosis due to neutrophilia and monocytosis. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the wound swab. The wound was managed by wet-to-dry bandaging technique using topical antiseptics (Para-chloroaniline solution, chlorhexidine and povidone iodine), improvised non-adhesive protective membrane (polyethylene) applied at the wound-bandage interface, bandages along with adhesive tape and systemic antibiotics. Healing occurred uneventfully within 6 weeks of the intervention. The paper discusses the detail of the management initiated and how it greatly influenced the skin wound healing in dogs. In conclusion, proper initial assessment of wounds and appropriate treatment through rigorous wound assessment and bandaging are critical to success in the wound healing and restoration of tissue integrity. This management intervention could be further investigated in animals in order to improve the quality of cutaneous wounds management.
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Abu-Seida, M. A. (2015). Effect of propolis on experimental cutaneous wound healing in dogs. Vet. Med. Int. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/672643. Retrieved on 15/09/2019. 5:02 pm
Abu-Seida, A. M. and Saleh, M. M. (2016). A gigantic cutaneous fibroadenoma in a dog,” Asian J. Anim. Sci. 10(1): 113–119.
Bonnie, G. C. (2012). Bandages and Drains. In: Veterinary Surgery: Small Animal. Tobias, K. M. and Johnston, S. A. (eds). Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Pp. 221-230.
Breathnach, R. M., Fanning, S., Mulcahy, G, Bassett, H. F. and Jones, B. R. (2008).Canine pododermatitis and idiopathic disease. Vet. J., 176: 146-157.
Chicharro-Alcántara, D., Mónica, R., Elena, D., José, M. C., Belén, C., Pau, P. and Joaquín, J. S. (2018). Figurelet Rich Plasma: New Insights for Cutaneous wound healing management. J. Funct. Biomater. 1-20.
Dieckmann, C., Renner, R.., Milkova, L. and Simon, J. C. (2010). Regenerative medicine in dermatology: Biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, gene transfer and beyond. Exp. Dermatol. 19: 697–706.
Fletcher, J. (2005). Understanding wound dressings: Alginates. Nurs Times, 101:53
Orsted, H. L., Keast, D. and Forest-lalande, L. (2016). Basic Principles of Wound Healing. An understanding of the basic physiology of wound healing provides. Wound Care Can. 9(2): 1-5.
Pastar, I., Stojadinovic, O., Yin, N. C., Ramirez, H., Nusbaum, A.G., Sawaya, A., Patel, S. B., Khalid, L., Isseroff, R. R. and Tomic-Canic, M. (2014). Epithelialization in wound healing: A Comprehensive Review. Adv. Wound Care, 3: 445-464.
Sastry, G. A. (1983). Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 6th ed. C.B.S. Publishers and Distributers, Delhi, pp. 4-35.
Schunck, M., Neumann, C. and Proksch, E. (2005). Artificial barrier repair in wounds by semi-occlusive foils reduced wound contraction and enhanced cell migration and reepithelization in mouse skin. J. Invest. Dermatol, 125(5): 1063–1071.
Scott, D. W., Miller, W. H. and Griffen, C. E. (2001). Small Animal Dermatology, 6th ed. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 304-306 and 667-779.
Theoret, C. (2009). Tissue engineering in wound repair: The 34Three “Rs”—Repair, replace, regenerate. Vet. Surg. 38: 905–913.
Vogt, P. M., Reimer, K., Hauser, J., Rossbach, O., Steinau, H. U., Bosse, B., Muller, S., Schmidt, T. and Fleischer, W. (2006). PVP-iodine in hydrosomes and hydrogel: a novel concept in wound therapy leads to enhanced epithelialization and reduced loss of skin grafts. Burns; 32(6): 695–705.