Experience in treatment of thermal burns in dogs

¹ FSBEI HE The South Ural State Agrarian University, 457100, Chelyabinsk region, Gagarina st., 13, Troitsk, Russian Federation
² FSBEI HE The Altai State Agrarian University, 656922, Altai Territory, Krasnoarmeisky prospect, 98, Barnaul, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: nina_bel@bk.ru

Abstract

Burns take 3rd place among peacetime injuries and represent a major medical and veterinary problem [1]. Effective treatment of thermal burns in animals as well as prevention of post-burn complications are an important task for a veterinarian [2]. However the treatment of animal burns in veterinary medicine has not been sufficiently developed [3]. When prescribing treatment it is necessary to take into account the degree of burn, the area and depth of damage, the presence of complications, the general condition of the animal. It is important to know that with thermal burns not only local pathological and morphological changes occur, but also general changes on the part of various organs and systems in particular protein and water-salt metabolism is disrupted, toxins accumulate, the body's defenses are decreased, and burn exhaustion is developed. In this case the degree of the general reaction of the body directly depends on the depth and area of burns [4]. Therefore the treatment should provide for anesthesia, be aimed at combating infection and intoxication of the body, and also take into account the phases of the wound process and the peculiarities of their healing [5]. For the treatment of thermal burns in animals we have proposed two methods depending on the degree of burns: a bandage method for treating second-degree burns using a complex drug mixture No. 1 and a non-bandage method for treating third-degree burns using a complex drug mixture No. 2 in combination with a short novocaine blockade. Both have shown high therapeutic efficacy.