|
Maya2001 -> RE: .animalbloodbank. (10/31/2007 3:29:26 PM)
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
quote:
ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark
quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
Sounds like a great idea
Bit of a bugger getting the consent forms signed though?
E
Yup - although I believe it possible is someone can get their paws on one...[;)] (sorry - bad I know).
I will add, I am kind of on the line on this though, I can understand that animals need blood, but at the same time something in me niggles at taking blood from other animals. Completely torn on that and just cannot decide.
Peace
the.dark.
What I cant imagine, is that people are going to take their healthy animals to the vets in order to donate blood. For cats especially, a visit to the vets can be very stressful too. If they wanted to make home visits, I could see it working. If they would offer a discount on future treatment in return for donation, I could see it working. I just cant see that many people being willing to put their pets through a stressful situation for the common good, you know?
But the OP has made me wonder - from where do they get blood for animals at the vets at the moment? If my puddytats go in overnight, are they being drained without my knowledge, for instance, for use in treatment of another puddytat next day?
E
Lady Ellen the chances of that happening to your kittly is slim to none
Many vets have inhouse cats that they obtained as kittens from shelters that are their blood donors, thes cats often have free run of the office and have become used to the handling with all the staff and therefore are conditioned to become relaxed as blood donors, my vet has 3 on site lol not much will phase them and it is much easier for them to have their own cats that they know the health of because they are not roaming loise and getting into fights with other animals so remain disease free, pet owner cats can be far more riskier to use as donors Vet are not willing to use just any animal as a donor as screening for blood type and diseases needs to be done first, some of the disease testing is quite expensive so when tested they would like that animal to be an ongoing donor, the reason they offer free heartworm meds and vaccines to owners who donate to maintain the health of the donor dog, because donor dogs need to be over 40 lb and dogs require more care than cats it is not as easy for most vets to keep donor dogs at their offices
Many of the top show breeders are well educated in health issues in breeds so help using their own dogs to contribute as donors as well as invest time and money doing genetic testing to ensure they are producing dogs that are genetically free of disease having donor dogs also can free up money to help cover the cost of some of the genetic and health screening tests, they may need to run 3 or 4 different DNA tests on a one dog, I needed one in the past for one of my dogs that test was $300 US another specialiized test that was done to test for reason for blood clotting failure ran about $200, so a breeder who wants to prove their breeding dogs are genetically sound before breeding will often need to spend $2000 to $3000 on tests just for one dog this does not including general health care or the cost of actual breeding. Some of the genetic screens need only to be done once in the dogs lifetime others need to be done prior to every breeding, so having some of their dogs as blood donors can help to offset their costs of general health care and maintenance, if they have 4 donor dogs it can help cut about $2000 off their yearly costs so can help to cover the genetic screeing for 1 dog.
|
|
|
|
