Novel treatment for chronic pododermatitis in an Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) with Mohs’ paste

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Tomoko OMIYA¹  Masaru SENZAKI²  Nobuhide KIDO³  Yasuyuki SHOJI⁴  Sohei TANAKA⁵ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Histopathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan;Gunma Safari Park, 1 Okamoto, Tomioka, Gunma 370-2321, Japan;Kanazawa Zoological Gardens, Yokohama Greenery Foundation, 5-15-1, Kamariya higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0014, Japan;Kono Seisakusho Co., Ltd., 2-11-10, Soya, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-0832, Japan;Veterinary Surgery, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama Minami, Tottori 680-8550, Japan

关键词: Elephas maximus indicus;    haemostasis;    hoof trimming;    Mohs’ paste;    tissue coagulation;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.18-0316

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

Asian and African elephants are frequently afflicted by foot disorders that can be very challenging to manage even with aggressive therapy. Such conditions may have indirect life-threatening effects. Mohs’ paste (zinc chloride based escharotic agent) was used to treat a female Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) aged 39 years with foot disorder at Kanazawa Zoological Gardens. Degenerated hyperplastic tissue was observed inside the hoofs of digits 2 and 5. Mohs’ paste was applied on the lesions, which coagulated the hyperplastic tissue and restrained its proliferation. Subsequently, the hyperplastic tissue could be trimmed with little pain, and the disorder became manageable. Mohs’ paste treatment was effective and is expected to be an alternative treatment for hoof disorder.

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