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06-05-2013, 12:54 PM
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Sammy the Dog's Huge Maggot Wound
 An old dog was found lay on grass, still alive but with a huge maggot wound on the back of his neck. He was sent to the 24hr Animal Medical Centre at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Vet, Dr Kumar mentioned that he was probably an old dog. He was only skin and bones and weighed just over 6kg. The maggot wounds have probably been around for days. There are thousands of maggots and anaesthesia might be required in order to remove the maggots and clean up the wound. He was also severely dehydrated and needed to be on an IV drip. One of the front legs was swollen also.  Dr Edmund was very optimistic and mentioned that this is not the worst maggot case he had seen. Sammy was probably a 4-5 year old male Pinscher mix by looking at his teeth. He was severely dehydrated and malnourished so had to be put on an IV drip for 3 days. His wound was cleaned again and all the dead skin/tissue removed so that the wound could heal.   The dog was very lucky to have been found as the maggots might have eaten into his spinal cord as the wound was that deep. Sammy was adopted two weeks after his wound had healed and suffered no further complications  |
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06-05-2013, 08:26 PM
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 Eaton the Pooh Poster Rank:89 Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 17,300 Mentioned: 26 Post(s) Quoted: 1036 Post(s)
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Re: Sammy the Dog's Huge Maggot Wound
"As with fleas and ticks, maggots can be a threat to household pets and livestock, especially sheep. Flies reproduce rapidly in the summer months and maggots can come in large numbers, creating a maggot infestation and a high risk of myiasis (a maggot infestation of living tissue) in sheep and other animals. Humans are not immune to the feeding habits of maggots and can also contract myiasis."
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