Treatment of Infected Wounds and Abscesses in Bovine Limbs with Ligasano -polyurethane-soft Foam Dressing Material

Reports on the treatment of wounds in bovine patients and wound healing abnormalities in bovines are rare compared with the corresponding literature in horses. The treatment of traumatic injuries with subsequent infection of the digital flexor tendon sheath and the therapy of traumatic exungulation and bone sequestration in limbs was described in cattle by some researches (1, 3, 5, 7, 10). Other authors reported on the surgical therapy of infected abdominal incisions after abomasopexy, cesarean section and colic surgery in cattle (3, 6, 9).
In cattle, regarding the treatment of wounds beside the surgical techniques and the possibilities that are available, it is necessary to incorporate also economic aspects for the prognosis. So, if there are dressing materials available that are not expensive and have been proven in human medicine, they should be applied also for wound therapy in cattle (11-12).
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