Veterinarians from the University of California at Davis decided to help the bears crippled by a fire in an unusual way. Doctors transplanted fish scales onto the burnt soles of the animals, the New York Post reported.
Firefighters taken out of the burning forest
Los Padres
two adult bears, several juveniles and a cougar. The animals were taken to the aforementioned university for rehabilitation.
According to the head of the integrative medicine service at the university veterinary clinic, Jamie Peyton, she decided to help the unfortunate inhabitants of the forest by all means.
The burns were very large. And in such cases, the skin of the fish is used.
- Jamie Peyton.
Tilapia skin was used in the treatment. These fish are found in all countries of Africa, Southeast
and Central Asia, Latin America and the United States.
Peyton noted that after the operation, the bear immediately got up on her paws. While the animal was asleep, veterinarians sewed fish scales to the limbs. Instead of bandages, they used rice paper and corn husks as bandages.
A similar method of treating burns was first applied in 2017 in Brazil. Moreover, the doctors managed to save the woman's life. Collagen tilapia, emphasized Jamie Peyton, is the closest to human skin.
A resident of France underwent the second face transplant operation. He suffered the first seven years ago. Now the body began to reject the donor's tissue, so the doctors decided to reoperate the patient.
