The use of chitosan in a topical spray is another successful veterinary wound healing approach which has been documented. Brzeski, et al. (20) reported 99% healing effectiveness in livestock postoperative and traumatic wounds, new and old (difficult healing) and >90% healing of infectious hoof inflammation. In Europe a spray product, Chitopan® (Sea Fisheries Institute, Poland), supported by such findings, is available. Clinical results using this product on human chronic leg ulcers have shown stimulated granulation and epidermis formation and highly accelerated healing (21).
Clearly significant scientific and commercial progress has been made in utilizing chitin and chitosan in wound healing. But there are obvious opportunities for further discoveries and new, better products. The possibilities are many for only a good beginning has been made.
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