Treating animal burn victims with fish skins

[groundloop]

I'm a sucker for animals and was watching a veterinarian show when they treated a dog with severe burns over 50 percent of his body with a radical new treatment I'd never seen before - stapling fish skin (specifically tilapia) to the burned areas to promote healing. With this approach skin that would normally take weeks to heal can heal in around 5 days. Here's an article:


https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/dogs-cats-rescued-california-camp-fire-heal-fish-skins

[Fla Dem]

1. Great news. So happy for the pups and kits. But I just want to know,

do they grow back fur or scales?

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Fascinating. Will this be useful for humans, too?

[Polly Hennessey]

3. I saw the show and was amazed.

After healing, the dog was a happy Alaskan camper. Believe the show was, Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet.”

[Bayard]

4. WONDERFUL!

Wonder if this would work on the burned koala's?