Equine plasma banking: collection by exsanguination
Eicker, S.W.; Ainsworth, D.M.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 185(7): 772-774
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 6490504 Document Number: 239888
A procedure was developed for the collection, preparation, storage and administration of equine plasma. The technique involved exsanguination of anesthetized donor horses via carotid artery catheterization with a large-bore cannula. Blood was collected into plastic bags, allowed to settle by gravity, then transferred into storage bags and frozen. These were quickly thawed when needed. [Implications with respect to the use of the banked blood to treat hypoproteinemia are presented.].