Each blood component has its own unique healing properties. Red blood cell transfusions are useful when treating anemia, cancer-related blood loss, and to supplement the body’s waning production of red blood cells as a result of illness such as bone marrow disease. Plasma is rich in anti-coagulants and proteins. As a result, plasma transfusions are used to treat ailments such as internal bleeding, deadly canine diseases such as Parvo, inherited bleeding disorders, and hemophilia. Just as people have blood types, so too do dogs. Rather than blood “types,” however, canine blood varieties are commonly referred to as “groups.” Dogs have over a dozen different blood groups, six of which are fairly common.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:18:38 +0000
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