INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Second Degree Burns and its Management in a Cow

  • Author:
  • K. Mohd Arif Basha, B.R. Naveen
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 185 to 186

Veterinary Dispensary, Kantebennur Taluk Huvinahadagali, District Bellary – 583216 (Karnataka)

Online published on 24 January, 2012.

Abstract

A cow met with accidental fire burn injury leading to second degree burns on about 1/3rd of the body. The animal was treated for shock, hypovolemia and prevention of secondary bacterial infection in addition to wound management. Care to prevent self mutilation, clean housing, meeting nutritional requirements was also done and animal recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Accident, cow, emergency, second degree burns, treatment