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Maggot debridement therapy as primary tool
to treat chronic wound of animals -
Vijayata Choudhary, Mukesh Choudhary, Sunanda Pandey, Vandip D.
Chauhan and J. J. Hasnani
Veterinary World, 9(4): 403-409
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.403-409
Vijayata Choudhary:
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Anand
Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India; dr.viz.vet@gmail.com
Mukesh Choudhary:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Anand
Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India; mukesh.vety@gmail.com
Sunanda Pandey:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Anand
Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India; drsunandapandey@gmail.com
Vandip D. Chauhan:
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Anand
Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India; drvandip@gmail.com
J. J. Hasnani:
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Anand
Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India; Jhasnani@gmail.com
Received: 29-09-2015, Accepted: 12-03-2016, Published online:
25-04-2016
Corresponding author:
Vijayata Choudhary, e-mail: dr.viz.vet@gmail.com
Citation:
Choudhary V, Choudhary M, Pandey S, Chauhan VD, Hasnani JJ
(2016) Maggot debridement therapy as primary tool to treat
chronic wound of animals,
Veterinary World, 9(4):
403-409.
Abstract
Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is a safe, effective, and
controlled method of healing of chronic wounds by debridement
and disinfection. In this therapy live, sterile maggots of green
bottle fly,
Lucilia
(Phaenicia)
sericata
are used, as they prefer necrotic tissues over healthy for
feeding. Since centuries, MDT is used in human beings to treat
chronic wounds. Lately, MDT came out as a potent medical aid in
animals. In animals, although, this therapy is still limited and
clinical studies are few. However, with the increasing
antibiotic resistance and chronic wound infections in veterinary
medicine, maggot therapy may even become the first line of
treatment for some infections. This paper will present a brief
discussion of MDT and its role in veterinary medicine that may
add one more treatment method to utilize in non-healing wounds
of animals and overcome the use of amputation and euthanasia.
The objective of this review paper is to assemble relevant
literature on maggot therapy to form a theoretical foundation
from which further steps toward clinical use of maggot therapy
in animals for chronic wounds can be taken.
Keywords:
chronic wounds, debridement,
Lucilia sericata,
maggots, maggot debridement therapy.
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