A critical look into the benefits of using WoolGard WoolGee natural wool wrap under a bandage.
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WoolGard is a New Zealand-owned business providing innovative wool-based solutions for use in everyday animal health care. The first WoolGard product WoolGee, is a 100% NZ wool under-bandage wrap for medical and everyday use. It conforms well to any area of the animal it is used, reducing pressure points and providing padding and protection. Next to the skin, it is temperature-regulating, allowing the animal’s skin to breathe thus reducing sweat or moisture buildup under the bandage. Together with this and its odour-repelling qualities, the skin is healthier and less susceptible to irritation from the bandage. The product is washable by hand or gentle cycle machine and can be autoclaved for sterile purposes. All wool used is grown here in NZ on FAP farms and is scoured in Napier. It passes through two scour lines of six washes, each reaching temperatures of 70 degrees Celsius, with two final hot washes including hydrogen peroxide. It is then dried at 85 degrees Celsius. All wool used has been tested as having less than 0.0%* vegetable matter. Recent results from Hill Laboratories, where the final product was tested, returned results showing no presence of yeasts and moulds and a statistically insignificant Aerobic Plate Count at 35 degrees Celsius. Wool is also a quickly renewable resource that is comprised of 50% organic carbon that it sequesters from the atmosphere as it grows, and at the end of its use only takes a few months to biodegrade.
* 0.0% Vegetable Matter (VM) result from IWTO Test Certificate. Although there is some VM in the wool, it is at a level they do not test to, between 0.09% and 0.01%.
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