A challenge to the orthopedic surgeons in veterinary and human fields is the treatment of
delayed union, malunion and nonunion. Apart from renovation of arrangement and constant …

Cerebral palsy (CP) includes a group of persistent non-progressive disorders affecting
movement, muscle tone, and/or posture. The total economic loss during the life-span of an …

Cartilage engineering is a new strategy for the treatment of cartilage damage due to
osteoarthritis or trauma in humans. Racehorses are exposed to the same type of cartilage …

Equine osteoarthritis (OA) leads to cartilage degradation with impaired animal well-being,
premature cessation of sport activity, and financial losses. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) …

Namely, in the last two decades, large animal models–small ruminants (sheep and goats),
pigs, dogs and horses–have been used to study the physiopathology and to develop new …

Osteoarthritis of the equine distal interphalangeal joint is a common cause of lameness.
MicroRNAs from biofluids are promising biomarkers and therapeutic candidates. Synovial …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used in equines as an alternative therapy. A
comparative study about the phenotype and in vitro performance of different MSCs tissue …

As in humans, osteoarthritis (OA) causes considerable economic loss to the equine industry.
New hopes for cartilage repair have emerged with the matrix-associated autologous …

Background Osteochondral fragment removal is commonly performed but there are little
scientific data supporting this procedure in the absence of clinical signs. More information is …

Chondrocyte dedifferentiation is a key limitation in therapies based on autologous
chondrocyte implantation for cartilage repair. Articular chondrocytes, obtained from …