A NEW study has revealed Scottish heather honey could provide effective anti-bacterial wound dressing for animals.
The study, published in The Veterinary Journal, was carried out by Dr Patrick Pollock, an horse surgeon, and colleagues at Glasgow University's School of Veterinary Medicine.
A keen bee-keeper, Dr Pollock was interested to know if honeys other than Manuka, from New Zealand, might make effective anti-bacterial wound dressings.
The researchers took 29 honey products, including commercial medical grade honeys, supermarket honeys and honeys from local bee-keepers, and examined them for bacterial contamination. Of the 29, 18 were found to contain bacteria and were excluded them the trial.
When the remaining 11, were tested, heather honey from the Inverness area was shown to be particularly effective - killing MRSA microbes and three other types of bacteria.
deborah.anderson@ eveningtimes.co.uk
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