Phospholipids in the autologous serum preparation used in therapy of equine summer eczema

What is it about?

The main aim of this work was to analyse the phospholipid content of autoserum preparations made from the sera of healthy horses and horses with summer eczema and to assess whether the lipid content of these preparations differ between these horse groups. Phospholipids were detected in autoserum preparations and concentrations of the major serum phospholipids differed significantly between healthy and affected horses. In addition, concentrations of these phospholipids displayed significant associations with the severity of clinical signs.

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Why is it important?

Summer eczema is the most common allergic skin disease in horses impairing the quality of life. There are well-know difficulties in the therapy of this harmful pruritus. Autoserum therapy based on the use of a horse's own serum in the treatment has been recently introduced and this autologous serum preparation has shown to be a favourable method to treat equine summer eczema. Therefore, it was important to analyse in detail the content of these preparations.

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