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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 10, Issue:4, April, 2021

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2021.10(4): 84-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.009


Efficacy of Chitosan as a Dry Dressing for Treatment of Open Hoof Wounds
Ahmed Mohamed Abdou1*, Azab, Abdelnaser Abdelmoneim1 and Soliman, Ahmed Sayed2
1Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
2Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11865, Egypt

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Abstract:

This study was conducted to compare the repair efficacy of chitosan application on hoof lesions with the conventional treatment materials, regarding the aspects of clinical, radiographical and hematological findings. The puncture hoof wounds including hoof abscess are the main cause of lameness in equine and due to the difficulties of wound contraction and the incidence of infection, the wound healing is retarded. Chitosan is one of the biomaterials which was tested for experimental hoof lesions and proved as an excellent dry dressing, so we are trying to prove its efficacy in clinical cases adding more dimensions as its efficacy on reduction of pain time produced by hoof lesions considering that animal admitted to the study are working equines and the only source of income for its owners so it has no enough resting period. The study was applied on 41 equine Their age ranged from (3 – 11) years which admitted to Brook hospital at Aswan city- Egypt and were assigned randomly into two groups; Treatment group (17 male donkeys, 2 female donkeys and 2 male horses) had a Chitosan topical application on days 1, 3, and 7 then one time/week; The control group (16 male donkeys, 2 female donkeys, 1 male horse and 1 female horse) had the conventional treatment every two days. Venous blood sample were collected from all animals and assessed for the progress of clinical symptoms and healing stage. Based upon clinical and radiographical findings, hoof repair in chitosan treated group was faster than the control group in regard to the alleviation of pain intensity through tracking in lameness grading as well as its rapid control of exudate, connective tissue formation, and complete cornification of the horny defects in hooves. Hematological findings showed a significant increase in the platelets count in the chitosan-treated group which explains its control of bleeding.


Keywords: Chitosan; Equine; Hoof Abscess; Lameness

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Ahmed Mohamed Abdou, Azab, Abdelnaser Abdelmoneim and Soliman, Ahmed Sayed. 2021. Efficacy of Chitosan as a Dry Dressing for Treatment of Open Hoof Wounds.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(4): 84-102. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.009
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