Related Experiment Videos
Chemical involution of the equine parotid salivary gland
W B Schmotzer1, B D Hultgren, M J Huber
1Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331.
Abstract:
The efficacy of eliminating parotid salivary secretions by retrograde infusion of 10% formalin, 2% chlorhexidine, or 2% or 3% silver nitrate solutions was evaluated in 10 horses. Solutions were kept within the parotid salivary gland for 90 seconds after infusion through parotid duct cannulae and then allowed to drain freely. Severed parotid ducts and surgical incisions were left to heal by second intention. All agents eliminated glandular secretions. There was less necrosis and suppurative inflammation after formalin infusion than after chlorhexidine and silver nitrate. Silver nitrate (2% and 3%) caused the most necrosis and inflammation.