Posted: 24th March 2014 | Back to news feed
When the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre, based in Lancashire, received a new arrival in the form of ex-race horse Layla, they were unaware that an old injury would complicate her rehabilitation.
The eight-year-old dark bay mare came to the centre with just a scar on her pastern and after settling she was turned out in a small paddock like the many other horses there.
Yard manager and trainer, Kath Pinington, was the first to notice Layla’s scar had opened up and was causing great discomfort to the mare.
Said Kath: “I believe the wound was originally caused by wire and hadn’t healed properly, and after running about in the paddock it had opened up again leaving a huge gaping wound that looked horrific.
“After calling the vets out to examine and treat Layla, they debrided the wound and they thought it would need debriding every four days along with daily dressing changes and bandaging.
“I remembered meeting the Equi-Med Ag team at Your Horse Live and learning about the products and the wound dressing so I got in touch with the team to see if they could help in anyway. The team at Equi-Med Ag were extremely helpful and provided the centre with some cut off samples of the wound dressing to help dress Layla’s wound.
“After using the wound dressing I was very impressed with the results. Within two weeks we could see a real difference in the way it was healing, this time correctly from the inside out. It looked healthy and moist with minimal scar tissue forming.
“Our vets were also very impressed and found that after initially debriding the wound it only needed doing twice more within four weeks instead of every four days which potentially was six times. Bandaging and re-dressing the wound could also be cut back to every two weeks.”
Layla’s wound is looking completely healed and she has started her retraining again with some controlled exercise. Kath is hoping that they can gradually build up her work and start schooling her.
Said Kay Dowson of Equi-Med Ag: “We are extremely pleased to have been able to support the work of the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre and that our wound dressing has helped Layla make a speedy recovery.”
The Equi-Med Ag Wound Dressing is designed with a layer of activated carbon and silver fabric. The fabric has proven to be very effective at killing bacteria associated with veterinary wounds and skin diseases such as mud fever and cracked heels.
The wound dressing promotes a healthy environment to help accelerate healing and reduce the risk of granulation tissue and it has also proven to reduce swelling.
This unique dressing is the only dressing that applies an activated carbon silver layer directly to the wound so the antibacterial properties are much stronger and it can work directly onto the wound.
For more information on the Equi-Med Ag products please visit www.EquiMedAg.co.uk or call on 0191 5118323 or 0777 5577165.
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