Case study 3—2 year old TB filly

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This filly had an open infected wound on her left shoulder, it was already 2 weeks post injury when Laser treatments started. She was treated daily for 4 days then every second day for a week then 3 times a week.

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After 3 weeks of laser treatments (5 weeks post injury) the wound was looking well on its way to healing.
At the edges you could see new tissue and it was under half the original size.

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At 5 weeks (7 weeks post injury) the healing was nearly complete, treatments were only twice weekly at this stage.

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The edges had come together nicely and hair had grown back, the extensive swelling around the edges was gone.

There was no muscle indentation or wastage and the filly went back to the trainer at this stage.