Stem Cell Therapy for Pets – wtok.com

Meridian, Miss. Meet Champ, a 5 year old cocker spaniel who is full of life and love, but suffers from a ligament tear that hinders his mobility. Rather than have an invasive surgery which would require pain medications, Champs owners decided to go for an innovative procedure that will use his own cells to help heal and improve the tear.

We are not going inside the joint per say or that kind of reconstruction, we are going to go inside the joint just to inject cells back in the joint, so that the body is allowed to use its own repair system to repair that ligament, explained Veterinarian Dr. Wayne Adams.

Stem cell procedures previously took several days to complete, from extracting the cells and mailing them off to a lab, but now all of this can be done in house.

We can digest the tissue, extract those dormant cells, and then we activate them with platelet plasma and low level laser light and then those cells are reintroduced back into that same pet in places of ailment, stated Trey Smith, Medivet Biologics.

Stem cell procedures are becoming more mainstream in veterinary and human medicine, and are being used to help treat conditions such as arthritis, fractured bones, and diabetes in pets. The doctor giving these procedures says he is seeing improvement in pets who have had the treatment done.

All of the pets that we do have clinical improvements, for instance we had one collie that came in and could not walk and we carried her in and when she came back for the recheck in six weeks she walked in, stated Adams.

The natural process of using stem cells help speed up haling time and reduce inflammation, improving the general well being of pets, giving them a new leash on life.

Adams Veterinary Medicine and Surgery is the only veterinary clinic in Meridian and the second in the state to offer regenerative therapy using stem cells in pets as a treatment option. Owner Wayne Adams hopes to partner with other veterinarians in and around town to give pet owners another option when it comes to treating animals with osteoarthritis issues.

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