Biomechanical analysis of the skin of cats' corpses chemically prepared with ethylic alcohol and curing salt aiming veterinary surgical practice: acute effect of the preparation and students´ evaluation

• Grant number: 18/03472-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2018
• End date: April 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Morphology - Anatomy
• Principal Investigator: Fabrício Singaretti de Oliveira
• Grantee: Alessandra Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Nowadays, it's very important having criteria about the use of animals in research and teaching activities and, consequently, looking for alternative methods to this appliance, without causing any academic or scientific losses. The objective of this study is to analyze, biomechanically, the skin of cats´ corpses prepared with ethylic alcohol and curing salt, aiming the veterinary surgery practice and the students' evaluation about the quality of dieresis and synthesis of the skin in 3 regions of surgical interest. This is really important for dieresis and synthesis, because surgeries always start with cutaneous incisions and end with cutaneous suture.