A handful of cookies helps the donor dogs focus during their short medical visits
Mahone, a two-year-old Newfoundland dog, is one of 21 dogs that are part of the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College blood donor program in Charlottetown.Mahone, a two-year-old, black, fluffy Newfoundland dog from Prince Edward Island, doesn’t know that he and other canine blood donors have saved the lives of fellow pooches that have needed surgery, or have been poisoned. Mahone just does it for the treats.
The first canine blood transfusion took place in Britain in 1665 when Richard Lower performed the procedure between two dogs, says a 2015 essay in the magazine “JSTOR Daily.” And the first animal blood bank opened in the United States in 1988. But not all dogs are eligible, she noted. The donors should be healthy, even-tempered, weigh over 22 kilograms, range between one and five years old, and be up-to-date on preventive care.
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