ArticleBMC veterinary research2020
Evaluation of fish skin as a biological dressing for metacarpal wounds in donkeys.
Article in BMC veterinary research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07142824 (Comparison Between Burn Dressing Using Tilapia-Fish Skin Versus Regular Dressing), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison Between Burn Dressing Using Tilapia-Fish Skin Versus Regular Dressing
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fish collagen for skin wound healing: a systematic review in experimental animal studies.Cell and tissue research · 2022Pooled it
- PVA/chitosan-based hydrogels integrated with tilapia skin-derived collagen and Urtica dioica offers a promising approach for effective burn wound healing via transcriptional modulation of bFgf, Mmp2, Jak/Stat3, and α-Sma signaling pathway.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
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- Comparative evaluation of fresh and lyophilized Nile tilapia fish skin for enhancing wound healing in a donkey model.Veterinary research communications · 2025Article
- Trends in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Review of skin grafting in equine wounds: indications and techniques.Equine veterinary education · 2024Article
- Tilapia Fish Skin Treatment of Third-Degree Skin Burns in Murine Model.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2023Article
- Acellular fish skin for wound healing.International wound journal · 2023Review
- Acellular bovine pericardium as a biological dressing for treatment of cutaneous wounds of the distal limb in donkeys (Equus Asinus).Veterinary research communications · 2023Article
- Eugenol Essential Oil and Nanoemulsion as Antihydatic Agents with Antifibrotic and Immunomodulatory Effects in Cystic Echinococcosis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Age-Related Properties of Aquaponics-Derived Tilapia Skin (International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Development of Decellularized Fish Skin Scaffold Decorated with Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Accelerated Burn Wound Healing.International journal of biomaterials · 2023Article
- Fish Waste: From Problem to Valuable Resource.Marine drugs · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of biological dressings has recently emerged in the management of burns and wounds. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Nile tilapia skin as a biological dressing for full-thickness cutaneous metacarpal wounds in donkeys. The study was conducted on nine clinically healthy donkeys (n = 9). Here, fish skin dressings were obtained from fresh Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus and sterilized by immersion in silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) solution for 5 min, with no change in collagen content. Bilateral, circular full-thickness excisional skin wounds (2 cm in diameter) were created on the dorsal aspect of the mid-metacarpals of each donkey. Wounds on the right metacarpals (treated wounds, n = 9) were dressed with sterile fish skins, while wounds on the left metacarpals (control wounds, n = 9) were dressed with sterile non-adherent dressing pads without any topical applications. Wound dressings were changed weekly. Wounds were evaluated microbiologically, grossly, and histologically on days 7, 14, and 21 post-wound inductions.
resultsFish skin-dressed wounds showed a significant (P < 0.0001) reduction in microbial counts (Total viable bacterial count, Staphylococcal count, and Coliform count), a significant (P < 0.0001) decrease in the wound size, and a significant reduction (P < 0.0001) in the epithelial gap compared to the untreated wounds. No frequent dressing changes were needed.
conclusionsFish skin dressing accelerated the wound healing process and efficiently inhibited the local microbial activity and exuberant granulation tissue formation suggesting its reliable and promising application for metacarpal wounds of donkeys.
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