Surgical treatment of a sloughed hoof by skin grafting in a young bull.
A sloughed hoof in a young bull as a sequela of foot and mouth disease was treated by skin grafting. Skin blocks obtained from the craniolateral thoracic area of the same animal were placed in slit-like pockets created on the coronary band. New hoof formation was completed within 20 weeks.
Demirkan
Ibrahim
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Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kocatepe University, ANS Kampusu, Afyon, Turkey. demirkan@liv.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000601:surgery*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome