THE THER APEUTIC PROPERTIES OF GEL TAR MICRONUTR IENTS IN THE TR EATMENT OF COWSWITH PURULENT PODODER MATITIS
The clinical and production part of the work was carried out in the clinic of the department of Gener- al, Specialized and Operative Surgery of Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine. Production part in some farms of the Republic of Belarus.Fourteen animals with purulent pododermatitis were chosen for the experiment. Two groups of cows were formed: experimental and control (eight animals in each), on the principle of common clinical analogues (equal weight, breed, age, productivity).In the experimental group, tar gel with trace elements is applied once a day to the affected skin surface, followed by dressing for 3 days.In the control group, the Ichthyol ointment is applied once a day, distributed on the surface of the affected skin in accordance with the adopted treatment and the recommendations of literature to a full recovery.The use of tar gel with trace elements provides protection against external infections, and the gel can be left on the damaged surface of the skin, so there is no need for frequent changes of bandages. Recovery of animals in the group, which used the gel, it is noted average on the seventeenth day.Recovery of animals in the group where Ichthyol ointment was used occurred on average on the 19th day after the start of treatment.The use of a new domestic drug-tar gel with trace elements has a pronounced therapeutic effect in the treatment of purulent pododermatitis of cattle, suppresses the inflammatory reaction, reduces the duration of the inflammatory process. This, in turn, reduces the duration of treatment by an average of 2 days.