#$%^&*AU2013101671A420140206.pdf#####Abstract. There is provided a compression garment for clothing a body part of an animal, the garment including a section adapted to contain or include one or more therapeutic or protective materials which in use cover one or more selected areas of the body part, wherein the garment includes a plurality of panels of stretchable material joined to one another by seams so designed and configured as to exert gradient compressional force on each selected area of the body part.