Merial Animal Health has announced that it has purchased the the anti-inflammatory treatment for lameness in horses, Hyonate® (sodium hyaluronate).Merial Animal Health has announced that it has purchased the the anti-inflammatory treatment for lameness in horses, Hyonate® (sodium hyaluronate), from Bayer.

Merial's equine marketing and technical manager, Louise Radford MRCVS said: "Hyonate is an established treatment of lameness in horses due to non-infectious inflammation of joints, using both intra-articular (IA) and intravenous (IV) injection.

"The beneficial effects of HA supplementation are attributable to the anti-inflammatory effects, improvement in viscoelastic properties of the synovial fluid, and interaction with the synovial membrane affecting pain transmission and joint metabolism¹."

For more information telephone Customer Support on 0870 6000123 or contact your local Merial Equine Specialist.

Reference

  1. Williams V.S.  Intraarticular Hyaluronic Acid Supplementation in the Horse: The Role of Molecular Weight, Journal Equine Veterinary Science. Vol 27, No 7 (2007)

 

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