{"id":626,"date":"2019-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/uncategorized\/calls-more-doggie-donors-make-life-saving-blood-donations\/"},"modified":"2019-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T14:00:00","slug":"calls-more-doggie-donors-make-life-saving-blood-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/lifestyle\/calls-more-doggie-donors-make-life-saving-blood-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for more doggie donors to make life-saving blood donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1551717743-49959800b1f6.jpeg\" alt=\"two white-and-tan dogs\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Calling in doggo donors! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most of us are familiar with the process of donating blood \u2013 a quick interview, a need, and a few satisfying free snacks.<\/p>\n<p>However, most of us have no idea that our dogs can also become blood donors and help save their fellow furry pals!<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there\u2019s only 70 dogs in all of Australia registered to regularly donate blood and plasma at the <a href=\"https:\/\/aabb.com.au\/\">Australian Animal Blood Bank<\/a>, the country\u2019s only pet blood bank, with a only small amount of extra donations taking place at animal hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the need for more doggie donors is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the Australian Animal Blood Bank in Sydney, Rebecca Charteris, told News Corp Australia that while the blood bank has helped save the lives of almost 1000 sick dogs, the demand from vets is constantly increasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more vets who are using blood products in their clinics, the more there is a need for it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Blood donations from dogs are most commonly used to help vets treat serious conditions such as snake bikes, canine anaemia, cancer, poisoning, parvovirus, and haemophilia \u2013 all of which could be fatal if the blood or plasma needed can\u2019t be provided.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1533404367653-794d4cecb66c.jpeg\" alt=\"two black wolf dogs on grass\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ms Charteris is calling upon dog owners to lend a helping hand (and paw) to those dogs in need.<\/p>\n<p>Dogs eligible for donation need to be over 25kg, under 6 years of age, and be up to date with their vaccinations. They also ask that they be good-natured and comfortable around people.<\/p>\n<p>The entire donation process takes around 10 minutes and the owner never has to leave the dogs side, Ms Charteris explained.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1517443191895-202c31142ccd.jpeg\" alt=\"two brown dog standing on green grass\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also an aim to open a cat blood bank in the country that would help fluffy friends save the lives of cats and kittens with immune system diseases, cancer or blood clotting disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Find out if your dog can be a blood donor <a href=\"https:\/\/aabb.com.au\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/articles\/polly-waffle-makes-comeback-aussie-supermarkets\">Polly Waffle makes a comeback in Aussie supermarkets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Written by Kate Stevens\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Images: Unsplash\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling in doggo donors! Most of us are familiar with the process of donating blood \u2013 a quick interview, a need, and a few satisfying free snacks. However, most of us have no idea that our dogs can also become blood donors and help save their fellow furry pals! Currently, there\u2019s only 70 dogs in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Calls for more doggie donors to make life-saving blood donations - Star 104.5 Central Coast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/best-of-the-web\/calls-more-doggie-donors-make-life-saving-blood-donations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calls for more doggie donors to make life-saving blood donations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calling in doggo donors! 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