Thehorse.com - Full Article
By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
Mar 29, 2015
Experienced owners know it well, and new owners learn it quick: Horses are accident-prone. Specifically, they're really good at finding things to cut themselves on. This often presents a challenge for those that care for them.
“Traumatic wounds are very common in horses and are often challenging to suture because of heavy bacterial contamination or high skin tension, among other reasons,” explained Lore Van Hecke, Mvetmed, from the Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology of Domestic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, in Belgium. "As such, many wounds horses sustained are left unsutured to heal by what is called ‘second intention’ healing. This is a process where the wound slowly contracts and fills in with scar tissue..."
Read more here:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/35546/new-technology-for-wound-repair-follow-up-in-horses?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=health-news&utm_campaign=03-31-2015
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