Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110 025, India

In the current scenario, 3D printing provides a useful revolution in different medical and allied fields. The potential of 3D printing applications is due to its flexibility and customisation. Due to its different successful applications, this technology also provides the application for veterinary medicine. 3D printing uses computer-aided design (CAD) data to create a physical model layer by layer with a wide variety of material. It efficiently manufactures a 3D anatomical model which can be further used for educational purposes, pre-surgical planning and also to perform the actual surgery. In the veterinary field, a 3D model printed by this technology allows a surgeon to perform mock surgery before performing the actual surgery on animals. 3D printing has excellent capability of reverse engineering by which a missing part of the animal like a bone is created and printed and implanted. This technology seems perfect to perform preoperative assessments in veterinary medicine.

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