This study aims to evaluate the effect of the topical application of hyaluronic acid cream 0.2% in the skin wound healing in rabbits. Thirty two healthy New Zealand adult male rabbits approximately at the same age and weight were involved in this study; all animals were anaesthetized using a 40...

A 13-month-old, spayed, female rex rabbit presented with mildly pruritic, progressive patches of alopecia, erythema and scaling of the head, trunk and legs of five months' duration. Initial skin biopsy was consistent with cutaneous epitheliotropic lymphoma, but a follow-up skin biopsy and response...

Canine sarcopticosis is a highly infectious and debilitating parasitic skin disease of dogs. Its diagnosis stands challenging as the golden standard of diagnosis; skin scraping microscopy is characterized by several diagnostic variations. Study thus employed several alternate diagnostic approaches...

The present study aimed to compare between the use of platelet rich fibrin membrane (PRFM) and MEBO scar ointment for cutaneous wound healing as a model treatment. For this reason, forty two local breed rabbits have been divided into four groups, the first three groups were subjected to full...

Background: During a study on the outbreak of orf in goats, it was intended to study the disease transmissibility in different hosts from field samples and ascertain the infective potential of the agent in laboratory animals compared to goats. Methods: Cutaneous clinical materials from orf virus...

Background: Arsenic (As) acts as an environmental endocrine disruptor to exert estrogen-like effects, and its toxic mechanism on target genes of estrogen effect in skin has not been fully elucidated. Objective: This experiment is designed to observe the effects of arsenic exposure and the...

With increasing numbers of pet rabbits living out their natural lifespan, rabbit oncology is stepping more and more into the limelight. On the other hand, rabbit tumors are less covered in recent editions of textbooks of veterinary pathology than before. We present 1238 cases with neoplastic and...

Rabbits are frequently used as surgical models in research. However, studies assessing the effects of various hair removal methods on wound healing and surgical site infection (SSI) in rabbits are sparse. Here we evaluated the effects of 2 hair removal methods-clipping with electric clippers and...

The present study aimed to assess the effect of Apremilast on experimentally induced hypertrophic scars in rabbits. A total of 40 healthy male New Zealand White rabbits between 6 and 12 months of age were assigned to four groups (n=10). Group I consists of apparently healthy control rabbits, in...

Autologous platelet concentrates (APC) has been used as an accelerator of cutaneous healing in veterinary medicine. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an APC on skin flaps in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Ten New Zealand male rabbits were randomly divided into a control group...