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Discussion on Splint boot abrasion- proud flesh?
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Dare2drm
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Posted on Monday, Mar 10, 2003 - 1:05 pm:
Dr. O,
I have a yearling colt that put a 3/4" long gash in his leg about mid cannon bone on the rear. He had done this before so I started putting splint boots on him for protection. The cut was scabbed over and it was not very deep. I went away for a reproduction course, and my husband turned him out in the mud and slop and never took the boots off. Now today when I got home, I remove the boots and there is where the cut was a circular raw spot, raised from the skin about 1mm.
The hair was rubbed off in a few other places, but the skin unaffected. The raw spot was sore to the touch and smooth, making me think this is unlikely to be proud flesh. I don't want to wait too long if it is however. It had an infected smell to the boot. What would be my best course of action with this sore? I washed the leg with sugical scrub, dried it, applied NFZ ointment and applied a gauze 2x2 with vet wrap. I'm wondering if this kind of friction from the dirt under the boot, on top of being trapped with moisture would cause a wound like this or if it is actually proud flesh I am seeing. Would an abrasion raise the skin?
Thank you for any information you can provide. I have never dealt with proud flesh on one of my own, and the nearest vet charges 180.00 just for the farm call. So, I'm wanting to know how long, and after doing what should I make the determination of proud flesh.
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Mar 11, 2003 - 9:49 am:
I can't quite put together the time frame from the above post which may be the best way to know if this is proud flesh. One of the articles associated with this forum, The Treatment of Proud Flesh or Exuberant Granulation Tissue, provides very complete description of. It can be very hard to determine if a spot on the rear leg of a colt is painful as the surrounding tissues may be sore and some just are going to react with you messing around back there.
DrO
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