Clinical case of treatment of long-term non-healing septic wounds in cats

The aim of the study is to examine current concepts of the wound healing process in small domestic animals (particularly cats) with an analysis of a clinical case - a scalped wound of a cat's pelvic limb. Septic long-term non-healing wounds have various classifications depending on the presence of bacterial contamination, location on the animal's body, depth of damage, rate of healing, causes of damage and species of the patient. The study of the clinical case was conducted at the educational scientific and methodological veterinary center Vita of the Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University. The patient was a mongrel cat with a long-term non-healing infected wound on the paw, which was treated surgically and conservatively. The animal's owners sought help a few days after the injury, but despite this, significant progress was made. The wound was cleaned: the doctor excised dead tissue and prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics locally for two weeks. This reduced infection and exudation. Then, in October 2023, the wound was re-treated surgically, and dressings with the drug Algipore were applied for two months. The dressings were changed every 3 days in accordance with the instructions for use of the drug. Thanks to the regularity and correctness of the actions, epithelialization processes began, and the limb restored its function by the end of December 2023 - all layers of the skin regenerated, fur grew back, the cat leaned on its paw and used it to move. The patient was declared fully recovered.