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The most common use of stem cell therapies has been in the treatment of osteoarthritis in dogs and cats. Other potential uses include repairing bone, ligament, and spinal cord injuries and treating kidney and liver disease, cardiomyopathies (a form of heart disease), and certain inflammatory diseases of the skin and gut.
BM-MSCs are most commonly used in equine regenerative medicine but can also be used in dogs. There are 2 primary techniques for canine BM-MSC therapy: bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) and cultured-expanded. Only 2% to 4% of the mononuclear cell population of bone marrow is considered an MSC.
VetStem provides stem cells from a small sample of fat for the treatment of arthritis and tendon and ligament injuries in dogs, horses, and cats.
Injecting stem cells into joints can reduce pain and increase limb function in dogs with osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease. Injecting stem cells into injured tendons and ligaments can also aid the healing process.
The predominant application for regenerative stem cell therapy is for the alleviation of pain secondary to osteoarthritis in dogs and cats. Other reported uses include: inflammatory bowel disease, chronic hepatitis or chronic pancreatitis, tendon and ligament injury, immune-mediated polyarthritis
VetStem provides veterinarians and owners with a way to treat dogs, horses and cats with the animal’s own stem cells from a small sample of fat for arthritis and tendon and ligament injuries. Stem cells can also be stored as insurance for the future.
Stem cell applications for dogs. Stem cells therapy is currently being offered for the following conditions: Osteoarthritis (arthritis), in particular the knee (stifle), elbow, shoulder, carpus (wrist), tarsus (ankle) and hip joint. Selected tendon injuries such as supraspinatus tendinopathy (shoulder tendon problems), Achilles tendon.
