Association of the tratament conventional and acupuncture in wound treatment on a Toucan. A case report

Abstract

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Resumo: Ainda hoje há um grande número de animais silvestres que sofrem de maus tratos oriundos do tráfico, sendo mantidos em cativeiros inadequados, sofrem com os atropelamentos nas estradas e são vítimas também de doenças infecciosas, por isso que a medicina de animais silvestres vem crescendo nos últimos anos. Por perceber que são poucos os trabalhos que relatam tratamentos executados em animais silvestres e que associem a alopatia com a acupuntura, realizou-se este relato que mostra a associação do tratamento alopático de feridas com o uso de acupuntura em um tucanotoco. Palavras-chave: alopatia, ave, bandagemAbstract: Today, a large number of wild animals suffering from trafficking, being kept in inadequate captivity, were run down and are also victims of infectious diseases, so that the medicine of wild animals has increased in recent years. By realizing that there are few papers that performed treatments in wild animals and associating allopathy with acupuncture, there was this report that shows the association of allopathic treatment of wounds with the use of acupuncture at a toucan.

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“…Regardless of the abundant reports on the effect of acupuncture on domestic or experimental animals and humans, reports involving wild animals are rare [4][5][6][34][35][36][37]. Acupuncture is also not often described in birds and is mainly published as meeting abstracts and in a few case reports [7][8][9][10]38].…”

“…Acupuncture is a noninvasive and safe treatment option, as well as a widely accepted technique for alleviating pain and inflammation. Reports on domestic animals and, recently, in south tortoises, penguins, toucans, and raptors, have observed that acupuncture can normalize appetite and digestion, modulate the immune system function, treat musculoskeletal and neurological diseases, and reduce behavior problems [4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”