Volume: 55 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 450-454, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.450-454
Received: Sept. 4, 2023 Accepted: April 15, 2024 Published: June 30, 2024
A traumatic avulsion wound of the footpad in a 12-year-old male Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), housed at the Thrissur Zoo, was sutured under general anaesthesia. Following disruption of sutures and gaping of the wound, it was treated with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) at a dose of 4.19 J/cm2 for four consecutive days. There after it was treated with topical medications. The area of the wound reduced slowly and complete healing was observed in a period of two months.
Keywords: Panthera tigris tigris, avulsion wound, low-level laser therapy
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Reji,V., Laiju, M.P., Nijin, J. B.M., Ajin, S. K. , Karthik, A., Alan, V. S., Dhanya.V.R. and Syam, K. V. 2023. Management of an avulsion wound of the footpad in a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) using low-level laser therapy (LLLT). J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(2):450-454
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.450-454