Drawing blood from vein and injecting it IM... anyone heard of this?

I would be very sceptical about this. I've never heard of it before, I'm no vet but it doesnt sound good to me as you are essentialy creating a bruise in the quaters.
 
I would be very sceptical about this. I've never heard of it before, I'm no vet but it doesnt sound good to me as you are essentialy creating a bruise in the quaters.

Whats wrong with good old fashioned hard work and hill work.
 
Not heard of this before but my first thought is risk of infection. Seems a chancey way to improve muscle build up.
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How can blood encourage muscle build up
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Wouldn't that cause a bruise then the body would reabsorb it anyway?

Again I'm no vet but I always thought you built muscle up by hard work


Seems VERY strange to me
 
Perhaps it's meant to work by fooling the body into thinking there's been damage in the muscle, triggers mechanisms to start "repairing" the damage, except with no true damage there it stimulates muscles growth???
Very very sceptical.... but if it works it's a good way of doing it as wouldn't show up on drug testing.
 
Taking blood and then injecting I/A (inta-articularly) is an old fashioned (but still used) practice used in some arthric joints - but this is mainly used in small animals (although I have seen used in horses). I have to say I have never seen or heard of it being done I/M. But if this was done by a vet....
 
The only thing i have ever heard of with reinjecting blood is 'blood doping' or EPO (i forget what it stands for). In this instance you take blood and keep it for a few weeks, once the body had replaced those lost cells, you reinject the blood and for a small amount of time you have an increased red blood cell count which increases the ability to get oxygen around the body - hence giving an athlete an advantage.

I have never heard of reinjecting blood straight away, would be interested in the science behind this.
 
Cant see the rationale behind that - and I have a msc in pathophysiology, but what would i know...as far as i can see you are risking infection and possibility of haematoma formation ( like a large blood clot in muscle tissues)....just cos hes a vet doesnt mean he's incapable of talking b******* - ask him for the evidence base behind what hes doing, if he cant provide any, don't let him do it....
 
Is he one one those vets that bought a fake qualification over the internet?
He wouldn't be going anywhere near one of my horses I'm afraid
 
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I would be very sceptical about this. I've never heard of it before, I'm no vet but it doesnt sound good to me as you are essentialy creating a bruise in the quaters.

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Well I can't imagine how it would work either... Perhaps I should've asked the vet. I will next time I see him
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