Therapeutic ultrasound as a treatment in wound healing in equine

Authors

  • Júlia de Miranda Moraes
  • Martha Oliveira Bravo
  • Ana Lourdes Arrais de Alencar Mota
  • Cinthia Beatriz Silva Dumont
  • Lucas Cardoso Pereira
  • Fábio Henrique Bezerra Ximenes
  • Renata de Pino Albuquerque Maranhão
  • Roberta Ferro de Godoy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v8n16.1760

Keywords:

alternative therapy, complicated wounds, healing, horses, therapeutic ultrasound

Abstract

The Ultrasound therapy is a form of alternative therapy that has been widely used by clinicians as an aid to treatment during the healing process after injury of different origins, especially in complicated wounds, in which the recovery time of the animal usually extend. In this study, were presented five cases, three animals with infected wounds and two with wounds caused by cutaneous habronemiasis, in which the use of the equipment is efficient, reducing the healing time and acceleration of epithelialization of wounds.

Published

2015-09-09

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Therapeutic ultrasound as a treatment in wound healing in equine. (2015). Pubvet, 8(16). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v8n16.1760

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