1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy-680 651 (Kerala)
2MVSc Research Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy
3Manager, Meat Products of India, Edayar
4Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy
5Project Fellow, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy
6Scientist E, Division of Experimental Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Three cases of large sized corneal defects in Chinese Pug breed of dog were surgically repaired by grafting porcine cholecyst derived scaffold (CDS). The grafting, as supported by results of clinical examination and fluoresceine dye testing, caused healing by day 14 with minimal vascularisation. The graft, however, resulted in mild corneal pigmentation. The results of the present study suggest that the CDS has potential for clinical use as a corneal repair graft.
Cholecyst, Corneal ulcer, Dogs, Matrix scaffold
