OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of tilapia skin as a temporary occlusive dressing in superficial and deep second degree burns in rats. METHODS: A prospective, qualitative and quantitative study, in which 40 Wistar rats randomly divided into four groups and underwent surgery for burn production: C1, the wounds were washed with saline solution; C2, open dressing treated with silver sulfadiazine 1%; T1, superficial...