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A Richmond, Utah dog struggling for mobility is getting a new leash on life, courtesy of a new stem cell treatment for canines.
It’s not embryonic cells, but the dog’s own that are used in the treatment. North Logan vet Dr. James Israelsen of the Mountain View Veterinary Health Clinic performed the procedure on “Coty.”
Coty with Miller’s wife, Diane Bush.
“We have to harvest some fat from them to isolate the stem cells. And in her case, she’s a thin dog, so we actually harvested a little bit of abdominal fat just from the front of her abdominal cavity,” he explained.
Coty’s owner, Dan Miller, says it was hard to watch his Husky - once capable of 40-mile runs – lose mobility.
“Painkillers never really seemed to make a difference, at least in her stride, the limp in her stride,” Miller said.
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