Lino came into the ITC having been inappetent for several weeks, we found he had a severe chronic anemia with his Red Blood Cell count being a fifth of what it should be.
His owners had another dog, who was used as a whole blood donor alongside supportive therapy thanks to donated transfusion sets from the USA.
Dogs can be given a first time transfusion safely without being blood typed, but second transfusions must be matched for reactions
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