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I have not personally but my vet and the clinic she is with are very excited about it as they have seen great results with it in some tough cases.
Wonderful news!
My vet has for several clients and has been really happy with it in most cases. We are considering it for my horse for some fetlock arthritis after being a bit underwhelmed with the results from the last ProStride injection. But he’s sound enough for now and would be great if he could get some Equioxx…which he can’t at the moment for an unrelated reason. If we do Renovo this spring or summer I’ll try to remember to report back.
Yes. Its honestly quite amazing. I have used it on my own FEI GP horse and it has long lasting effects-> horse has a small spur in fetlock, we had treated twice before with HA then PRP over a year apart. Still could get a mildly positive flexion due to position of spur. Injected with renovo and have not had a positive flexion in over a year. This horse in particular jumps 1.50 consistently so he gets flexed once a month, i have since used it for neck, coffin joints, and stifles.
We are pretty much only using Renovo now in our barn of 30+ show horses.
Weve also found that it can have a little bit of a systemic effect as well, like wind puffs going away etc.
It can be used for joints or tendons
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Does anyone know the ballpark cost of this compared to Prostride?
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My vet told me around $1300 for just the product not including sedation
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that’s amazing!
What happened to good old IRAP? Does no one use that anymore? My sports med vet still uses it quite a bit in rough cases more successfully than some of the newer therapies.
Yes it is good for some things but there are circumstances where doing a whole series of IRAP injections is not ideal (necks for example). Renovo supposedly has 3x the IRAP (the specific protein) in it in one injection, which is why my vet likes it. And you order the product frozen so no multiple farm calls to draw blood then come back later with the processed IRAP. But then of course that means it’s not from the horse’s own blood but from amniotic tissue from donor horses.
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Huge success for me. Had a 21-year-old horse with PPID recover from collateral ligament injuries in BOTH front feet thanks to Renovo. In fall of 2021 it ran me about $1100 for just the Renovo for both pasterns, about $1400 for the whole appointment with sedation and such.
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That’s wonderful! Did you only inject the ligaments?
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Mine said $1200 and that includes sedation, medicine, farm call and procedure.
I wound up using it for hocks last fall for my IR horse instead of ProStride. Cost ran me around $2k for both lower joints in both hocks (4 sites). A little more costly than I hoped, but he responded great and much more quickly than he has to ProStride recently. Considering we have treated hocks around every 2 years, it’s not so bad. And he can’t have steroids. If I had to do it every 6 months, maybe not.
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I talked to the company about melanomas, and they said it helps with some types to reduce them.
As someone with a PPID horse this is great to hear. His hocks are currently in the process of fusing and he’s coming back from a pasture accident. Might have to look further into it
I have debated using it for front fetlocks after less than good results either ProStride the last time, on my vet’s suggestion, but haven’t done that yet. I would say ProStride worked…eventually. Just not anywhere near as fast as some years ago. He has some arthritis in both fetlocks and a mild cartilage defect in one. I’m told that due to his EMS, he might not have all the good growth factors in his own blood as the reason for being underwhelmed with ProStride after initially having good results. After the excellent response in the hocks, I am more likely to use it for joints in the future.
How long was your horse on stall rest during recovery?
