PLATELET-RICH PLASMA: HEALING SKIN WOUNDS IN HORSES

Brazilian researchers report that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is beneficial for healing surgical wounds in horses, contrary to previous reports. Because wound healing in horses is frequently problematic from both a clinical and economic point of view, methods to improve healing and minimize complications (such as the development of “proud flesh” or exuberant scar tissue) are desperately needed.Continue reading…