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Surgical wound healing in radio‐tagged adult Pacific lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus held on different substrata
Author(s) -
Mesa M. G.,
Magie R. J.,
Copeland E. S.,
Christiansen H. E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03071.x
Subject(s) - biology , fibrous joint , fish <actinopterygii> , lamprey , raceway , cobble , fishery , anatomy , ecology , physics , finite element method , habitat , thermodynamics
Radio‐tagged adult Pacific lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus held in a raceway with Plexiglas‐lined walls and bottom healed more slowly and retained sutures longer than fish held in an all‐concrete raceway or one with Plexiglas walls and a cobble‐lined bottom. On all substrata, healing depended on when sutures were lost, and fish that lost their sutures in <14 days post‐surgery healed faster than those that kept sutures longer. Long‐term suture retention led to tissue trauma, infection and poor survival.