animal Blood banking

2. Blood bank
A place where blood is collected from donors, typed, separated into
components, stored, and prepared for transfusion to recipients. A
blood bank may be a separate free-standing facility or part of a larger
laboratory in a hospital.

3. Why veterinary blood bank is required?
• to providing the veterinary community with safe and cost-effective
blood therapy products.
• to help pets when they need blood transfusions due to illness or
injury. Veterinary surgeons could not perform these important and
lifesaving operations without canine and feline blood donors.
• to advance animal health and welfare and to relieve suffering by
providing quick and convenient access to blood.

4. History of animal blood banking:
• the history of veterinary transfusion medicine began in 1665 with the
first reported transfusion of canine blood.
• From that time to the present day, whole blood and blood
components have been used to treat many disease states and for
surgery in veterinary medicine.
• The need for establishing local, regional, and national blood banking
services for animals has become apparent in recent years .
• At the same time, the emergence of pet animal health insurance
programs helps to provide a means of financial support for advanced
critical care.

5. blood bank equipment
Blood Bank Refrigerator
Cell Washer Centrifuge

6. blood bank equipment
Hematology Analyzers Laboratory Centrifuge

7. blood bank equipment
Microcentrifuge Mini Centrifuge

8. blood bank equipment
Platelet Aggregation Systems Platelet Incubators

9. Platelet Shakers Refrigerated Laboratory Centrifuge

10. Tabletop Centrifuge

11. How often can my pet donate?
Cats can donate every eight weeks at most. Dogs can donate every
four weeks at most.

12. Donor Eligibility
• Be healthy and friendly
• Be between the ages of 1 and 6
• Donate at least 5 or 6 times a year
• Weight 55 lbs. or more (dogs)/ 10 lbs. or more (cats)

13. Blood Products
• Packed Red Blood Cells (RBC's)
Used in patients with acute or chronic hemorrhage, hemolysis, renal
disease, and bone marrow disorders.
Available in canine 200 ml and 120 ml
• Fresh-frozen Plasma (FFP)
Contains all clotting factors and albumin, and is used to treat bleeding
due to anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity, liver failure, DIC, or
congenital clotting deficiencies.
Available in canine 240 ml and 120 ml

14. Cont………..
• Frozen Plasma (FP)
Contains minimal amounts of clotting factors V and VIII but can be
used to treat rodenticide toxicity, hypoproteinemia, pancreatitis,
antithrombin deficiency, or hemophelia B.
• Cryoprecipitate (CRYO)
Cryoprecipitate is rich in factor VIII and von Willebrand's factor, so it is
used for the treatment of hemophilia A and von Willebrand's disease;
it can also be used as a topical hemostatic in surgery

15. Cont……..
• Cryopoor Plasma
Cryoprecipitate-poor Plasma contains all coagulation factors except
von Willebrand's factor and factor VIII. Therefore, it can be used in
the treatment of rodenticide toxicity as well as the replacement of
proteins (albumin and immunoglobulins). Cryopoor Plasma SHOULD
NOT be used to treat von Willebrand's disease or Hemophilia A