Effect of ethyl propolis extract of honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) and natural alternative to the process of wound healing in Saanen goats.

Abstract

The   research   was   conducted   in   Chinampa,   Canton   Cabañas,   Ciudad   Delgado,  San  Salvador  Foundation,  between  the  months  of  July  2014  to  January 2015. The effect of propolis extract ethyl melíferas honeybee (Apismellifera  scutellata)  was  evaluated  as  a  natural  alternative  in  the  process  of  wound  healing  in  Saanen  goats.  Treatments:  T0  =  absolute  control  (no  drug), T1 = melíferas bee propolis 50%, T2 = melíferas bee propolis 30%, T3  =  scar  commercial  product  and  T4  =  90%  ethyl  alcohol.  block  design  was completely randomized in 20 Saanen goats, which were divided into 4 blocks of 5 goats each. The variables were: unhealed wound length, width of the unhealed wound, time to complete healing, inflammation and total costs per  treatment.  For  variable  length  unhealed  wound,  during  the  third  week  it  was  significantly  better  treatment  ethyl  propolis  extract  50%,  followed  by  ethyl  propolis  extract  30%.  All  other  treatments  were  similar.  In  the  fourth week, the ethyl extract of propolis 50% statistically outperformed all treatments, followed by ethyl propolis extract 30% and 90% ethyl alcohol that were similar to each other, and these exceeded the commercial healing (p ≤0.05). As for the width of the unhealed wound, only treating ethyl propolis extract 50% completely healed after four weeks. inflammation occurred in the wounds in each of the treatments. Total costs per treatment were: T0 = USD$ 0.00, T1 = USD$ 42.52, T2= USD$ 35.28, T3 = USD$ 30.65 and T4 = USD$ 12.47. Ethyl propolis extract 50% completely healed the wound of goats at four weeks (28days).