Canadian Animal Blood Bank says more blood supply from dogs needed
Kristina Walker with Canadian Animal Blood Bank says just like donors with Canadian Blood Services, dogs too have universal blood donors and right now, they’re just not getting enough of them walking through their doors.
On Sunday, the blood service held a blood drive at the VCA Canada Forest Lawn Animal Hospital on 36 Street S.E. in Calgary.Blood collected from the clinic will help dogs that experience trauma such as being hit by a car, or who have gone through surgery.In a rare case, Walker says some dogs may even have an immune illness such as a blood-borne disease in which the dogs “will break down their own red blood cells,” resulting in the dog needing a blood transfusion.
During the extraction process, the technician will collect between 400 and 500 grams of blood. Each donation of blood can save up to three lives and can be stored in the fridge for up to five weeks.Donors needed: Canadian blood donations at decade low due to COVID-19 pandemic“It’s very, very uncommon that I would have any blood even close to that long,” said Walker, who mentioned the blood is usually used up by week two.
Dog owner Brandi Quinn, who owns three greyhounds, says she has been bringing her dogs in for blood donations ever since one of her four-legged family members needed blood in an emergency.“Many years ago, I did have a dog that needed a blood transfusion due to a tick-born disease that he acquired before I got him,” Quinn said.Since that day, she says she has brought her four dogs to give blood and knows for sure that one of her dogs’ blood has saved a life.
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