An assessment of the wound should be done weekly and be used to drive treatment decisions. Wound assessment includes: location, class/stage, size, base tissues, exudates, odor, edge/perimeter, pain and an evaluation for infection.
Confidence votes 267. Oxtail is the tail of cattle. It used to only refer to the tail of an ox (aka a castrated male) but now it refers to the tail cattle in general. 17 people found this useful.
Though oxen haven't been faced with depleting numbers as bison and musk oxen have, they don't necessarily have the easy life. From the Bos primigenius line of domestic cattle, oxen are working animals, used for pulling, plowing and hauling. Like steers, the other male bovine, oxen are castrated.