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Use of sterile maggots to treat panniculitis in an aged donkey
Author(s) -
Bell N. J.,
Thomas S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.149.25.768
Subject(s) - maggot , donkey , lucilia , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , panniculitis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , larva , calliphoridae , bacteria , ecology , botany , genetics
An aged female donkey developed a severe, localised, suppurative panniculitis secondary to a skin wound. Bacterial culture of swabs taken from the wound gave a profuse growth of multi‐drug‐resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa , a profuse growth of Escherichia coli and a moderate growth of beta‐haemolytic Streptococcus species. The lesion did not respond to conventional medical and surgical treatment and continued to progress. Six applications of sterile larvae (maggots) of the common greenbottle, Lucilia sericata , were used to debride the wound successfully.