Tissue-engineered products such as extracellular matrix (a graft material that can be implanted at the site of damaged tissue) are being used by a growing number of equine veterinarians to stimulate swifter and better healing for tendon and ligament injuries.

One commercially available product, ACell Vet Powder (derived from urinary pig bladder matrix), recently resumed production after

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