Wound Healing
Farm Animals
Use of the laser post-abdominal surgery on a zero-antibiotic farm
Laser therapy on a ram post-vasectomy
Malignant papillomavirus warts on a Limousin heifer before and immediately after surgery.
Laser therapy was used to speed up wound healing two to three days after surgery, and the wound almost healed six weeks after surgery.
Wound Healing
Equines
Depending on the laser model, the beam can be focused to deliver light energy up to a distance of approximately 50 cm. This facilitates wound treatment in difficult-to-reach areas or fractious animals.
Scirrhous cord is a relatively uncommon complication of castration characterised by chronic infection of the spermatic cord remnant.
The pictures above were taken from a gelding with a persistently swollen scrotum (from the left or top-down) after further surgery and antibiotic treatment – and two weeks later, after six treatments. No medication was given during or after laser treatment.
The images show a deep wound on the knee of a yearling Thoroughbred colt. Along with appropriate bandaging, healing was accelerated with the use of therapeutic laser treatment. The knee is a highly mobile joint, especially in a young colt. The wound healed in seven weeks, which is phenomenally quick for that area.