INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

Clinical Management of Ailments with Blood Transfusion in Canines

  • Author:
  • J.A. Quazi, K. Kachwaha, M.C. Parashar, S. Palecha, T.K. Gahlot
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 89 to 91

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Bikaner-334001 (Rajasthan)

Online published on 31 August, 2012.

Abstract

Blood transfusion is an effective therapeutic for treating canines anaemia but is practiced rarely. Present report on blood transfusion in one male and four female dogs suffering from urolithiasis, parvoviremia, gastro intestinal foreign bodies and pyometra. Their hemoglobin ranged from 4.3–7.0 gm%. The amount of blood transfused ranged from 100–150 ml and hemoglobin was increased by approximately 3 gm% in every case. The blood transfusion was performed in all the cases. The blood grouping was not done in animals of present study.

Keywords

Anaemia, Blood transfusion, Canine