Immediate postoperative evaluation of enteric anastomosis after the use of meloxicam in rats.

Purpose: To compare ileal anastomoses in the immediate postoperative healing period after meloxicam use.

Methods: Forty two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups of 21, COX and control group. To COX meloxicam in combination with morphine was given in 3 days period.

Effects of 3 topical plant extracts on wound healing in beef cattle.

Eleven heifers of the Purunã cattle breed were used to evaluate wound healing by second intention. An experimental wound excision model in bovines was created by means of a skin punch of diameter 2cm. The animals were topically treated for 17 days with a saline control or decoctions of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Aroeira mansa), Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb (Ipê Roxo), and Casearia sylvestris Sw.