TRANSFUSION PRACTICE FOR HORSES

摘要

Blood transfusion is commonly performed in horses to correct anemia arising from acute blood loss secondary to trauma, surgical complications, ruptured uterine artery, guttural pouch mycosis, and neonatal isoerythrolysis. The purpose of blood transfusion is to restore oxygen delivery to the tissues by increasing hemoglobin concentration and/or the restoration of circulating blood volume. Historically, whole blood has been used for the correction of anemia in equine patients. Until recently, little was published evaluating the viability of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) for equine transfusion. In 2008, Niinisto and colleagues found that equine erythrocytes (PRBCs) could be stored for at least 35 days before transfusion when stored in a saline-adenine-glucose-mannitol (SAG-M) solution.