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Veterinary Tissue Bank is Europe’s first veterinary tissue bank dedicated to helping companion animals in need of life-changing surgeries.

We are an ethical tissue donation program for cats and dogs and have already helped over 10,000 animals in need.

11/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!🔬💙

Marked each year on February 11th, this day highlights the importance of full, equal access and participation in STEM fields.

Today we’re celebrating the women behind the scenes here at the Veterinary Tissue Bank. Our team of lab technicians support the work at VTB, helping make tissue donation and stem cell treatments possible for hundreds of pets each year🐶

We’re proud to recognise women making a difference in science.

03/02/2026

Is your dog struggling with stiff or painful joints?

At Veterinary Tissue Bank, we help support dogs with osteoarthritis by providing vet-led stem cell therapies. These treatments use your dogs own cells to help reduce joint inflammation and support comfortable movement 🐾

Stem cells have natural anti-inflammatory properties, which can help reduce arthritic symptoms. Cells are taken from your dog, processed in our specialised laboratory with final treatment administered by your trusted vet, making stem cell therapies natural and safe. For many dogs, this can mean improved comfort, mobility, and a better everyday quality of life.

We work with veterinary practices nation-wide to support dogs across the UK. If you’re concerned about your dog’s joint pain, or for more information, speak to your local vet 🐶💙

23/12/2025

🎄 Happy Holidays from Veterinary Tissue Bank 🎄

As we wrap up 2025, the team at Veterinary Tissue Bank would like to send a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this year by choosing tissue donation. Our work relies on the compassion of pet owners who make the selfless decision to donate, and the veterinary teams who help facilitate the process.

Because of you, we have been able to help hundreds of pets receive life changing tissue transplants throughout 2025, making a meaningful impact for many families across the country. Your kindness and support means so much to the pets we help, and we would like to wish you all a wonderful start to the new year ✨

06/11/2025

Saying goodbye to a beloved pet is never easy. At Veterinary Tissue Bank, we understand how difficult this time can be. That’s why, for families who choose tissue donation we provide joint or individual cremation free of charge, with ashes returned to you in a wooden casket.

This small gesture helps ease the financial strain and ensures every pet receives a dignified farewell. Through tissue donation, your pet’s legacy can live on, helping other animals recover and enjoy a better quality of life.

If you would like to know more about tissue donation and cremation support, speak to your vet or visit our website at www.vtbank.org 💙

10/10/2025

Arthritis is a very common disease in veterinary medicine, affecting up to 80% of senior dogs. But it’s not just older pets that suffer. A new study shows that 1 in 5 dogs between the ages of 8 months to 4 years are already showing early signs of arthritis, leading to pain and stiffness in later life. 💔

With around 85% of cases needing long term medical or surgical management, Veterinary Tissue Bank's cell and tissue services are there to support restoring comfort and mobility in pets.

🧬 Stem cell therapy - For larger joins, helping to reduce pain and promote joint function for improved comfort and mobility.
🦴 Bone grafts - For smaller or severely affected joints, offering surgical options to stabilise joints to ease discomfort.

If your dog is struggling with movement or showing early signs of joint pain no matter the age, talk to your vet about how Veterinary Tissue Bank can help them stay active and happy. 💙

02/10/2025

It’s National Walk Your Dog Week!
This week, from oct 1st to oct 7th we celebrate the daily walks that keep our pets healthy and happy. But for some dogs, arthritis and joint pain means even short strolls can be a struggle💔

At the Veterinary Tissue Bank, we know how hard this is, not just for pets, but for the families who love them. We don’t want your pets to miss out on the joy of a walk, which is why we offer advanced stem cell therapy to support joint health and mobility.

If your dog’s walks aren’t what they used to be and regular treatments haven’t been enough, talk to your vet today about whether stem cells could help your dog enjoy walks again.

Here’s to many more happy strolls together!

12/06/2025

The fundamental principle of Humeral Intracondylar Repair System (HIRS) is to apply the principles on non union management to HIF which are:

✅Debride the sclerotic bone to allow vascular access
✅Bone Grafting to encourage healing
✅Stable fixation with compression

HIRS was designed to optimise healing and minimise complications for cases of HIF and humeral condylar fractures. The screw is titanium alloy, self-tapping, headless, and self-compressing.

Demineralised Bone Matrix (DBM) is canine bone allograft which has osteoinductive (stimulates bone formation) and osteoconductive (a surface for which bone to grow on) properties.

DBM is prepared from cortical bone which contains osteoinductive growth factors (BMPs) including those relevant to bone healing. The presence of BMP can be demonstrated by implanting DBM in vivo and examined under microscope for new bone formation. The figure below shows the H&E stained DBM after 28 days of implantation in thigh muscle of an athymic mouse, showing new bone forming elements such as osteocytes, adipocytes, bone marrow, new osteons, etc.

➡Filling the void!

When using our HIRS screw, once you are happy that the implant is seated appropriately we can ‘fill the void’ surrounding the shaft of the HIRS screw with DBM to encourage healing.

Position the implant so a cutting flute lines up with the cranial edge of the hole.
You can then use a large gauge intravenous (IV) catheter (18G min) to apply the Demineralised Bone Matrix putty. Check the putty is flowing from the tip, once confirmed that there is no obstruction, we can advance the IV catheter down the cutting flute into the void that exists around the core of the screw. We can slowly and gradually back-fill the void while withdrawing from the void, until we have putty extruding from around the implant. We can then tighten up the screw until it bottoms out. At this point we can take 3-5 mins to allow the tissues to relax and give one final turn on the HIRs screw to tighten.

https://www.fusionimplants.com/product/demineralised-bone-matrix-0-5cc/

https://www.fusionimplants.com/product/hirs/

11/06/2025

Traumatic injury to the palmar carpal ligaments can occur when dogs fall from a height. This poor dog, Leo, mistakenly jumped over a wall on a bridge, only to find a 25' drop the other side. He landed with his front legs, and ruptured the palmar carpal ligaments on BOTH forelimbs.

Amazingly, within a couple of days, he was trying to take a few steps but his carpal joints were unstable and hyperextending.

Careful evaluation using stressed radiographs at Movement Referrals: Independent Veterinary Specialists, revealed that the ligament ruptures were at the level of the intercarpal joint (solid arrow). This provided the opportunity to preserve the antebrachiocarpal joint, where the vast majority of carpal movement occurs.

We performed bilateral partial carpal arthrodeses using plates designed for this surgery (Orthomed UK, Huddersfield, UK) in combination with Canine DBM nanopaste bone graft (Veterinary Tissue Bank, Chirk, UK).

It's early days, but Leo is recovering well and up on his feet. If all is well, Leo should be able to return to full function with a good range of motion in his carpal joints.

John Innes
Ben Walton
Brian Beale

25/12/2024

We like to thank the pet owners who generously donated their pets so that we can help many other pets who are in need of tissue transplants. We also like to thank the pet owners who registered their pets to become tissue donors. The registration helps to facilitate the donation process when the time comes.

We are grateful to the veterinary practices which referred tissue donors to us. Without the help of the veterinary staff the donations would not have happened and we truly appreciate their help and dedication.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

14/10/2024

A big thank you to all those who came to our exhibition stand over at the BVNA Congress in Telford. We loved meeting you all 💕
Please take the information back to your practice to increase the awareness of tissue donation with your clients.
If you need any help from us, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We hope to see you again next year at the BVNA 2025!

12/10/2024

Day 2 of the BVNA meting in Telford. If you are there today please don’t miss to call in and chat with us about veterinary tissue donation.

08/10/2024

We will be at the BVNA conference in Telford from 11 to13 Nov. Please come to stand C7 to learn about veterinary tissue donation and how you and your practice can offer this to your clients.

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Unit 1 & 3, The Long Barn, Brynkinalt, Business Centre, Chirk
Wrexham
LL145NS

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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http://www.vtbank.org/

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Europe’s First Tissue Bank.. For Pets!

Veterinary Tissue Bank in Chirk, Wrexham is Europe’s first and only tissue bank for pets and also one of only two in the world to provide a tissue banking service to vet professionals for use in animals.

We are dedicated to improving the quality of lives of pets by providing tissue grafts for veterinary surgeons to use for animals in need. The tissue is provided by donor animals, via our own ethical donor programme in the same way as we as humans can donate our organs.

Our mission is simple but clear, to help those animals in need of tissue donation, so they can live an exciting, less painful/pain free life.

We are committed to helping dogs, cats and other species in need of tissue donation and we aim to raise awareness of the benefits of tissue donation to pet owners and veterinary professionals through educational resources and programmes.