Veterinary

Though the efficacy of PRP has been well documented, it is still used less widely in veterinary practice. Most popularly, PRP is used in the treatment of horses, and there are many commercially available kits for this purpose. When PRP is used in a veterinary capacity, this is usually for horses and gods with osteoarthritis, dental implants, bone defects and wounds. 

The key factor for a successful PRP application is the platelet count. These are usually reduced in gel-based PRP kits and tubes. To test this and its efficacy on treatments in dogs, Dalgin et al compared two PRP systems, the T-Lab PRP system and a gel-based system, DPG. The aim of the study was to compare the end products obtained from dogs by a gel-based and a sodium citrate based PRP kit system, both of which are developed for human medicine. 

Here it was concluded that of the 15 dogs, 11 of the 15 counts showed better results in favour of the PRP kit.