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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

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ISSN 1328-925X

 

Volume 26 (11): 795-801, 2022.

Effect of tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) skin powder on burn healing in rabbits.

 

Ali A. N. AL-Zaidi1*, Abd-AlhadiJaithom Marzok2, Hussien Kareem Ibraheim3, and Yassir AL-Zubaidi4

 

1,2,3Department(s) Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kufa, Najaf, 4Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Albayan University, Baghdad, Iraq.

 

ABSTRACT

 

AL-Zaidi AAN, Marzok AA, Ibraheim HK, AL-Zubaidi Y., Effect of tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) skin powder on healing in rabbits, Onl J Vet Res., 26 (11): 795-801, 2022. We report effects of lyophilized tilapia fish skin on 400mm2 burn wound healing on 6 anesthetized adult male New Zealand rabbits over 28 days. At burn, and once daily rabbits were treated with 1/1 lyophilized tilapia fish skin powder with cold cream (1) or 10mg/g silver sulfadiazine cream (2). Controls were treated with cream (3). Wound reductions (%) were measured every 4 days for 28 days and overall time to healing determined. Compared with controls, in rabbits treated with skin powder, wounds retracted 56% more by day 4, 38% by day 16, and 18% by day 28 (P < 0.05). Epithelization was ~19% faster with tilapia powder and 8% with sulfadiazine (P < 0.05). By microscopy at 28 days, we observed that in controls, epidermis did not close wound due to vertical orientation of reticular collagen fibres whereas in rabbits treated with sulfadiazine where wound did close, displayed horizontal fascicular fibres. In rabbits treated with tilapia power we found re-epithelialization of all layers of epidermis by day 28.

 

Keyword: Tilapia skin, burn, healing, lyophilized, powder.

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