Jimat (Chinga) Thread

This book basically deals about an experimental study conducted with the aim of evaluating and comparing the tissue reactivity and suture handling characteristics of chromic gut, silk and ¿jimat¿ suture materials in cat thigh muscle. Due to the non-availability and expensiveness of conventional suture materials most of the veterinarians in Ethiopia used locally extracted, easily accessible and cheapest suture material namely ¿jimat¿. But so far no studies have been undertaken about its reaction and acceptability by the tissue as a suture material at national level. A total of 36 local breed male cats were selected and sutures were implanted on the biceps femoris muscle. The muscle samples with its suture were collected at six different days interval and processed histopathologically to assess the degree of leucocytic infiltration and fibrous and granulation tissue formation. The result showed that ¿jimat¿ suture material had produced least leucocytic infiltration than chromic gut and silk sutures. This book will help researchers, filed Veterinarians and veterinary students to get adequate information about the tissue reactivity of this thread.