Evaluation of efficacy of collagen-calcium alginate protectants on chronic wound healing in horses

Abstract EN

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of collagen-calcium alginate as an accelerator of wound healing in a clinical case of ten horses attended at the University Veterinary Hospital (UVH) at Omar Al-Mukhtar University, having non-healing chronic wounds.

The pattern of wound healing was evaluated both clinically and by planimetry.

All cases showed healing progress after the application of the collagen-calcium alginate film.

The study results suggested that collagen-calcium alginate film can be a better wound healing biomaterial in horses.

It can be used as a less expensive skin substitute in order to stimulate and promote wound healing in animals especially in the case of chronic non-healing wounds.