INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 1

Platelet Rich Plasma for Management of Tendon and Ligament Injury in a Horse

  • Author:
  • N.R. Padaliya1,, J.J. Ranpariya2, S.N. Ghodasara3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 200 to 201

1Veterinary Surgeon, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh

2Veterinary Surgeon, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh

3Assistant Professor, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand-388001, Gujarat

*Corresponding author. E-mail: drnrpadaliya@yahoo.in

Online published on 2 August, 2016.

Abstract

The tendon and ligament injury was diagnosed and treated with intratendinous injection of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) with restriction of exercise and visualized by ultrasonography after two months of treatment. Platelet rich plasma was found to be effective in musculoskeletal injury.

Keywords

Equine, ligament, platelet rich plasma, tendon