Transfusion medicine and blood banking practices: Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking

TRANSFUSION medicine and blood banking are relatively new veterinary fields, with the first commercial veterinary blood bank being established in the USA in the late 1980s. The UK has only had blood products available for the past 10 years and this has helped provide a positive outcome for many recipients. The authors have produced a book that gives the reader a comprehensive guide, from selection and screening of donors, to the production of blood products and their use in a broad range of animal species. This is a medium-sized book with 387 pages, split into six sections. The first section gives an introduction to the history of veterinary transfusion medicine and blood banking and an overview of component therapy. The next section looks at blood products in more detail, with chapters on individual blood components, including red blood cell products, plasma, platelets, and so on, their biological...
Source: Veterinary Record - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Tags: Books Source Type: research