Spondias mombin L. decoction utilization as antiseptic in cats submitted to castration

• Main Authors: Thalles D’avila Pires Dutra Dantas, Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijó, Nilza Dutra Alves, Gardênia Silvana de Oliveira Rodrigues, Caio Sérgio dos Santos, Waleska Nayane Costa Soares, Paula Vivian Feitosa dos Santos, Letícia Cely Vieira de Medeiros
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2020-06-01
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
• Subjects: Medicinal plants; Orchiectomy; Ovariosalpingohisterectomy; Antimicrobial
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/162109
• ISSN: 1413-9596; 1678-4456

This survey evaluated mombin leaves (Spondias mombin L.) decoction efficiency as an antiseptic during post-surgery period on cats submitted to orchiectomy and ovariosalpingohisterectomy. For this purpose, 45 castrated mongrels cats were divided into three groups, the first group as a positive control using 0.5% chlorhexidine-alcohol solution, the second a negative control group using sterile distilled water and, finally, the test group using mombin leaves decocted with a concentration of 100 mg/mL. All animals, independent of age and sex, had visibly healed in most cases in a similar time. Animals treated with mombin leaves decoction presented a significant reduction of bacterial growth. In addition, the animals treated in the test group had better surgical wound healing. All isolated bacterial strains presented inhibition halo for chlorhexidine and for Spondias mombin L. Thus, the decoction of Spondias mombin L. leaves proved antiseptic efficacy in the surgical wounds of cats submitted to orchiectomy and ovariosalpingohisterectomy.