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Dog's blood saves cat's life
Topic Started: Aug 25 2013, 11:41 AM (477 Views)
Kahu
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Dog's blood saves cat's life

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A gamble to give a transfusion of Labrador dog blood to a rapidly deteriorating cat has paid off with a quick recovery by the feline that had been at death's door.

It was realised that six-and-a-half-year-old ginger cat Rory needed a transfusion late on a Friday evening. There was not enough time to find his blood type by sending a sample to a laboratory before it closed.

Giving a cat just a millilitre of the wrong type of cat blood would kill it, vet Kate Heller of Tauranga Vets said.

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Alli
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That's amazing good thinking on the Vet's part..... 023 038
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Trotsky
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I never dreamed inter-species blood would work. I still have my doubts.
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I'm unsure whether you can use cat blood for transfusion into dogs ... and I think this procedure can only be done once.

Veterinarians also administer transfusions to other animals. Various species require different levels of testing to ensure a compatible match. For example, cats have 3 known blood types, cattle have 11, dogs have 12, pigs 16 and horses have 34. However, in many species (especially horses and dogs), cross matching is not required before the first transfusion, as antibodies against non-self cell surface antigens are not expressed constitutively - i.e. the animal has to be sensitized before it will mount an immune response against the transfused blood.
The rare and experimental practice of inter-species blood transfusions is a form of xenograft. Source Link

Believe it or not, but pigs and humans are close and xenotransplantations are possible.
Edited by Kahu, Aug 26 2013, 12:38 AM.
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Food for thought KAHU.

But I still have my doubts. There is usually no need for a SECOND implantation of foreign material to mount a full blown immune attack against foreign material. Once is usually enough for a strong, often fatal, response.

(I'll be the cat dies soon.)
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angora
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vets often keep lab cats to provide transfusions for their patients- how does that work if there are different blood types. Is there an universal blood type.
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Believe it or not, but pigs and humans are close and xenotransplantations are possible


Well, at least they will test that theory out on Christians and atheists. No Jew or Muslim would accept pig blood.....

As for there being three types of cat blood, I knew there were two. Didn't know about the third type. Back in 1994 when our beloved cat was dying from kidney failure he was accepted at the U of Penn Vet school to be their first kidney transplant, as cats, like humans, can live with one kidney, and if your cat was selected to receive a transplant, you adopted the donor kitty. We were told that 97% of all cats had one blood type and only 3% had the rarer type. Unfortunately, our Maine Coon had the rare type and because he was so large (his having gone from 28 to 23 pounds in one year was his only symptom that anything was wrong) it took nearly a year and a half to find a good match and he died two weeks before the scheduled transplant.
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Trotsky
Aug 26 2013, 12:53 AM
(I'll be the cat dies soon.)
I keep my ears and eyes open on this one and update if possible.
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angora
Aug 26 2013, 02:18 AM
vets often keep lab cats to provide transfusions for their patients- how does that work if there are different blood types. Is there an universal blood type.
Feline blood types are divided into three groups: A, B, and AB. About 90 percent of domestic cats in the U.S. have type A blood; B is usually found in some of the more exotic purebreds. AB is the rarest type. No one type is a universal donor when it comes to cats.

Canine blood types are denoted by “DEA,” or Dog Erythrocyte Antigen, and are broken down into eight categories:
DEA 1.1
DEA 1.2
DEA 3
DEA 4
DEA 5
DEA 7
DEA 8

Dogs that are DEA 1.1 positive can be considered to be universal recipients, while DEA 1.1 negative pooches (60 percent of greyhounds fall into this category) are universal donors.

If an animal needs an emergency transfusion, the first thing the vet does is check for any other animals in the clinic at that time that are suitable donors. If there are none available, they then start checking local animal blood banks. Dogs can be regular blood donors if they weigh 55 pounds or more and (if female) are spayed and have never been pregnant. (Pregnancy can add antibodies to the dog’s blood that might cause rejection by the recipient.) Not as many animal blood banks have regular cat donors, however; because of their nature, cats have to be anesthetized before they can be “tapped.” Luckily, since the majority of felines are type A, if blood is needed, there’s usually another cat in-house that can be used for a quick fix.

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Aug 26 2013, 05:08 AM
Well, at least they will test that theory out on Christians and atheists. No Jew or Muslim would accept pig blood.....
What about tissue .... a heart valve by xenograft?
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Even if they are Jewish and eat bacon?
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Aug 26 2013, 12:00 PM
Even if they are Jewish and eat bacon?
OK..let me rephrase that...no OBSERVANT Jew or Muslim.....
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What about from other animals? Are there any other religious or ethical concerns?

Apparently bovine bone technologies have reached the stage of possible use on human patients (I don't think it has actually been tried yet.)

The processed bone has its indigenous organic compounds removed, and is then reinforced with an organic biocompatible matrix, providing mechanical strength and aiding in bone regeneration.

... bone matrix technology has applications as a xenograft material for human and veterinary grafting, including:

Spinal fusion
Hand and foot surgery
Simple and complex fracture repair
Joint reconstruction
Dental implants
Antibiotic impregnated graft material
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No Jew or Muslim would accept pig blood.....


Betcha they ALL would if their lives were on the line. 049
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