title: Treatment of traumatic arthritis in the horse with intra-articular orgotein (palosein).
abstract: A total of 134 horses of various breeds were treated for aseptic arthritis of traumatic origin using Orgotein (Palosein). The drug was injected into 192 affected joints of these animals. Recovery rates of 94 per cent were recorded in cases which had shown lameness for less than 2 months before treatment commenced and 49 per cent in those lame for longer than 2 months.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006736:Horses; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D008667:Metalloproteins; C005180:orgotein