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| [[Image:Maggot therapy donkey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Maggot therapy – treatment of a deep injection abscess. (Image courtesy of [http://drupal.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk The Donkey Sanctuary])</center></small>]] | | [[Image:Maggot therapy donkey.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Maggot therapy – treatment of a deep injection abscess. (Image courtesy of [http://drupal.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk The Donkey Sanctuary])</center></small>]] |
| [http://drupal.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk The Donkey Sanctuary] has had two successful experiences using sterile maggots to treat | | [http://drupal.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk The Donkey Sanctuary] has had two successful experiences using sterile maggots to treat |
| deep infected necrotic wounds in donkeys. Sterile larvae of the common greenbottle, ''Lucilia sericata'', supplied by the Surgical | | deep infected necrotic wounds in donkeys. Sterile larvae of the common greenbottle, ''Lucilia sericata'', supplied by the Surgical |
| Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) were used to debride wounds where conventional therapy had failed (Bell and Thomas 2001; Thiemann, 2003). | | Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) were used to debride wounds where conventional therapy had failed (Bell and Thomas 2001; Thiemann, 2003). |
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| + | [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?it=any&q1=maggot+therapy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&occuring1=title&show=all&rowId=1&rowId=2&rowId=3&options1=AND&options2=AND&options3=AND&occuring3=freetext&occuring2=freetext&publishedend=yyyy&la=any&publishedstart=yyyy&fq=sc%3A%22ve%22&y=15&x=39 Maggot Therapy in veterinary medicine publications] |
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| + | [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2010/20103178195.pdf ''' Biotherapy - is it just a fad?''' Lepage, O. M.; The North American Veterinary Conference, Gainesville, USA, Large animal. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 16-20 January 2010, 2010, pp 191-194, 10 ref. - '''Full Text Publication'''] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |