Encouraging The Body To Self-Heal

Regenerative Medicine

Without treatment, lameness can cause decreased performance, pain and even early retirement for your horse. It hasn't been that long ago, that treatment options for soft tissue injuries, relied heavily on extensive rest, followed by a carefully designed exercise routine. Many horses would return to work only to reinjure themselves.

At Countryside, we harness the power of advanced Regenerative Therapies, including RenoVō®, Arthramid®, Pro-stride, Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP), IRAP, and others, to actively stimulate healing in equine joints, tendon and ligament injuries, amplifying the repair process and fortifying it for greater strength and resilience.

These forms of Regenerative Medicine originate "autologously", from the horse's own body or "allogeneically", from a donor. Regenerative Medicine has been a game changer in positively affecting the healing process. Each Regenerative Therapy has benefits, but depending on the injury, one may be better suited as treatment than another.

Countryside offers and is experienced in all of the therapies:

Joint Health Therapies:
Tendon & Ligament Therapies
Introducing Arthramid® Vet

The "Non-Steroid" Future of Arthritis Treatment

Arthramid® Vet is a revolutionary injectable therapy for joint disease, providing long-lasting relief for horses. It stabilizes and protects damaged joint tissue, reducing inflammation and promoting healing. With proven effectiveness and lasting results, Arthramid® Vet is a safe and non-steroid alternative to traditional therapies.

What sets Arthramid® Vet apart?*

Integrates into the synovial membrane, stabilizing the joint capsule, and increasing elasticity
Reduces the onset of synovitis and its harmful effects
Revitalizes synovium enhancing the quality of the synovial fluid within the joint
Creates a 'cushion-like' effect of the joint and increases glide
Preserves and/or even regenerates joint cartilage
Reduces pain and improves the joint's overall ability to flex, bear weight, and transfer weight loads
Results last up to two years in clinical studies
Over 80% of horses achieve "lameness free status" with Arthramid® Vet, even those unresponsive to conventional treatments

A Safe and Effective Alternative:

Arthramid® Vet offers a safe and minimally invasive alternative to traditional joint therapies, such as corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid. As a non-steroid treatment, it addresses joint issues without compromising the long-term health of your horse. Plus, with lasting results of up to two years, Arthramid® Vet reduces the need for frequent interventions, allowing your equine companion to enjoy a more active and pain-free life.

* According to Dr. Jason Lowe, Anthramid Vet and clinical studies. Results may vary.

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A Closer Look at How Arthramid® Vet Works:

Synovial membrane integration

As osteoarthritis progresses, it starts with a condition called Synovitis, where the synovial membrane lining the joints becomes inflamed. This inflammation leads to a change in the composition of synovial fluid, impacting its viscosity and elasticity. Arthramid® Vet effectively addresses these issues by integrating into the synovial membrane, stabilizing the joint capsule, and increasing elasticity. This helps reduce the onset of synovitis and its harmful effects.

provides a "cushion-like" effect

Furthermore, Arthramid® Vet acts as a "bio-scaffold," bonding with the injured tissue and providing a cushion-like effect within the joint. This improved environment supports the rejuvenation of synovium, leading to healthier synovial fluid and overall joint function. Clinical studies have demonstrated remarkable success, with over 80% of horses achieving a "lameness-free status," even in cases that were unresponsive to conventional treatments.
Articular Joint Cartilage Therapy

Noltrex® Vet

Is your horse experiencing issues with its articular cartilage? Noltrex, a powerful 4% hydrogel, is specifically designed to address these concerns. When cartilage starts showing signs of wear and tear, resulting in larger gaps between chondrocytes, Noltrex comes to the rescue. It seamlessly fills those spaces, recruiting water, and effectively restoring rigidity to the cartilage. If your horse's joint MRI report mentions "arthrosis" or "cartilage erosion," Noltrex®Vet could be the ultimate solution.

Noltrex®Vet works great for: Coffin joints, fetlocks, and navicular bursts with arthrosis or cartilage erosion.

Noltrex has a remarkable track record, having been safely used in over 1 million humans. Noltrex®Vet, specifically formulated for horses, has also been safely used in the USA for over four years. It is not a drug, and your horse's body safely reabsorbs it, leaving no residues. Consult your vet about Noltrex®Vet if your horse:

Shows signs of lameness at any stage
Has a poor response to other joint management therapies
Has pre-existing conditions impacting medication choices (e.g., Cushing's disease)
Is an athlete needing lifelong joint management
Has been diagnosed with cartilage damage
Intriguing Product. Outstanding Results.

RenoVō®

RenoVō® is a relatively new advancement in Regenerative Medicine. It provides an alternative Allogeneic treatment option, meaning the Regenerative Medicine originates from donor tissue rather than from the horse’s own body. The product is derived from equine amniotic birth tissues, which are rich in bioactive factors essential in tissue healing and regeneration because they contain anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, epithelialization and anti-fibrotic properties. The donors are healthy mares and the tissues are collected without harm to the mare or foal.

RenoVō® is manufactured by Equus Innovations (Phoenix, Arizona) and has been used in over 12,000 horses to date. Multiple studies have established the product as a safe and highly effective alternative to existing Regenerative modalities used for equine injuries.

RenoVō® can help treat and manage:

  • Soft tissue injuries including tendons and ligaments
  • Joint Disease
  • Non-Healing Wounds
  • Corneal Ulcers
Dr. Carter injecting Renovo into a suspensory injury.

Benefits to using RenoVō®

Able to treat an injury right away and see pain and inflammation reduction within 3 to 7 days
Off the shelf and readily available immediately after an injury. We don’t have to take the additional time to collect blood, platelets or culture stem cells from the injured horse.
Minimally invasive and safe
Unlike many of the Autologous treatments, there is only one injection/ one treatment with RenoVō®
Contains high levels of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
Has shown to last longer and has better results than using steroids in certain joint injections

Equine Amniotic Tissue Explained

What are amniotic tissues?

During pregnancy, the foal is surrounded by Amniotic tissues. The tissue is made of amnion and amniotic fluid which has been researched extensively and found to contain biologically active factors essential to the complex tissue healing and regeneration process. Amniotic tissues contain extracellular matrix proteins, growth factors, cytokines, carbohydrates, hyaluronic acid, and other elements which are essential for foal growth and development.

Why use Amniotic Tissues for Equine Injuries?

Just as the amniotic membrane and fluid provide biologic and physiologic properties and act as a physical barrier during pregnancy, the Amniotic tissues used in RenoVō® provides the same physical and physiological properties to cover and protect tissues.

Where and how does RenoVō®obtain the amniotic tissues?

Tissues are gathered from healthy mares while they are giving birth. Licensed Veterinarians are present for the delivery and use sterile equipment, safe and regulated recovery techniques that follow strict guidelines. In a typical delivery, the placenta and fluid are thrown out. Equus Innovations, the makers of RenoVō®, saves them instead. The process does not harm the mare nor the foal and RenoVō® is subjected to stringent USP testing prior to release.
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Joint Health Therapy

Pro-Stride

Countryside Veterinary Services offers another fairly new and advanced Regenerative Therapy, Pro-Stride, an anti-inflammatory medicine used to treat joint inflammation and arthritis.

How is Pro-stride different from PRP and IRAP?

Unlike PRP and IRAP which require 3-5 treatments at 1 week intervals, Pro-stride’s advanced treatment is administered in 1 concentrated joint injection. Pro-Stride also has only a 20 minute processing time as opposed to 24 hours with IRAP.

1 Treatment + 1 Visit = Relief For Up To 1 Year

Pro-stride is a natural, steroid free treatment that is centrifuged from your horse's own blood. This means there is no need to worry about drug testing for your competition horse - this includes FEI and USEF sanctions. It also eliminates risks associated with steroid therapies.

What makes Pro-Stride a superior product?

Pro-stride is a natural, drug-free, anti-inflammatory joint treatment. It contains a supercharged solution of cells, platelets, growth factors and anti-inflammatory proteins; including IL1-ra (commonly referred to as the IRAP protein).

Pro-Stride is ideal for treating:

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Young Horses
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Laminitis / Founder Cases
3
Insulin Resistant (IR) Horses
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Horses unresponsive to steroid therapy.
Zoetis

For more information on Pro-Stride check out the manufacturer, Zoetis’ website.

Joint Health Therapy

IRAP Therapy

IRAP therapy, or Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein, is a novel approach in treating osteoarthritis (OA) in horses. It's especially helpful in reducing joint inflammation and preventing continued degeneration and progression of osteoarthritis. The procedure begins with drawing blood from the horse that will be treated with IRAP. The blood-filled syringe is specially prepared with glass beads that stimulate production of the antagonist protein and an anticoagulant. The blood is harvested, incubated and centrifuged to separate the serum (abundant with IRAP) from the blood. Typically, IRAP treatments are performed once a week for three weeks, and usually after that time, the horse can return to normal work.

Treating Tendon & Ligament Injuries:

Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cell therapy is designed to regenerate injured or damaged tissues through the use of stem cells derived from the horse’s own body. The stem cells can be collected from the horse's bone marrow. Stem cells are injected directly into the site that requires treatment. There, they develop into new cells of the desired tissue type to help in repair of damaged tissue. Stem cells can be used to treat a variety of conditions, including tendonitis, ligament injuries, osteoarthritis, fracture repairs, meniscal injuries etc.

Treating Tendon & Ligament Injuries:

PRP, Platelet-Rich-Plasma

PRP, which stands for platelet-rich plasma, is created from your horse’s blood right here in our lab at Countryside. A sample of blood is drawn and spun in a special centrifuge to separate the plasma and platelets from the red blood cells and most of the white blood cells. The plasma is then concentrated so it contains higher-than-normal blood levels of platelets. It's ready for injection into the injury the same day, often in less than an hour.

​PRP is used for tendon and ligament healing and granulation of tissue defects. Normal PRP therapy is recommended for both recent tendon and ligament injuries as well as injuries that have not healed using traditional rest and controlled exercise. PRP can also be used for horses with severe joint disease that are no longer responding to traditional joint therapy (injection with hyaluronic acid and corticosteroids).

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