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Clinical evaluation of honey-coated silk suture for cutaneous incisions in cats (Felis catus)
(Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - North La Union Campus, 2016-03) Badua, Ken Oliver O.
Honey possesses antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties while silk is the standard suture for skin closure. This was conducted to test honey’s antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties as well as silk’s efficacy in holding wound edges of the cutaneous incisions in cats sutured using raw silk coated with honey and mupirocin in line with the healing time of the wounds. The cost of the local products were also compared with that of their commercial counterparts. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used in the evaluation of the skin incision of twenty-four cats in three treatments with eight replications following Complete Randomized Design. Analysis of Variance and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test were used to analyze data. Suppuration or dehiscence did not occur in any of the experimental animals. Inflammation subsided in the third day and the wounds healed at the ninth day. Honeycoated raw silk is the cheapest among the sutures used. Keywords: honey, silk, suture