Novel treatment for chronic pododermatitis in an Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) with Mohs’ paste
| Autor: | Noriaki Miyoshi, Shigehisa Kawakami, Masato Ando, Tatsuro Hifumi, Hitoshi Hatai, Sayuri Hanzawa, Tomoko Omiya, Sohei Tanaka, Masaru Senzaki, Naomi Suzuki, Tomohiro Osaki, Yasuyuki Shoji, Nobuhide Kido |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
General Veterinary biology 040301 veterinary sciences Hoof trimming Hoof business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Dermatology Alternative treatment Escharotic 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Elephas 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Indian elephant business Foot (unit) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 80:1834-1838 |
| ISSN: | 1347-7439 0916-7250 |
| DOI: | 10.1292/jvms.18-0316 |
| Popis: | Asian and African elephants are frequently afflicted by foot disorders that can be very challenging to manage even with aggressive therapy. Such conditions may have indirect life-threatening effects. Mohs' paste (zinc chloride based escharotic agent) was used to treat a female Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) aged 39 years with foot disorder at Kanazawa Zoological Gardens. Degenerated hyperplastic tissue was observed inside the hoofs of digits 2 and 5. Mohs' paste was applied on the lesions, which coagulated the hyperplastic tissue and restrained its proliferation. Subsequently, the hyperplastic tissue could be trimmed with little pain, and the disorder became manageable. Mohs' paste treatment was effective and is expected to be an alternative treatment for hoof disorder. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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