Indian Journal of Veterinary Surgery

  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 1

Wound healing potential of spermatheca gland extract of snail (Telescopium telescopium) in rabbits

  • Author:
  • S. Kumar1, D. Ghosh1,, U. Dutta2, P. Das3, S.K. Mukhopadhyaya4, S. Kundu1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 4 to 6

1Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-37 & 68, (WB).

2Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstratrics, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-37 & 68, (WB).

3Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-37 & 68, (WB).

4Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-37 & 68, (WB).

*Corresponding author: E-mail: debakighosh@yahoo.co.in

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Abstract

The efficacy of spermatheca gland extract of snail (Telescopium telescopium) as wound healing promoter was studied in rabbits. Spermatheca gland extract of snail was used as a topical medicament to treat experimentally created full thickness wounds in 12 rabbits (Oryctologous cuniculus). Wound healing was assessed on the basis of physical, histomorphological and histochemical observations on days 0, 3, 7 and 14 of treatment. The healing of wound was observed significantly faster (P<0.01) in treatment group than the control group.

Keywords

Spermatheca gland extract of snail (Telescopium telescopium), wound healing, rabbits