Studies in relation to blood conservation and responses to transfusion are scarce for ruminants. We evaluated the clinical manifestations of sheep that received a single homologous transfusion of whole blood, focusing on transfusion reactions. Eighteen adult sheep were subjected to a single phlebotomy to withdraw 40% of the total blood volume, which was placed into CPDA-1 bags and then divided ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intraoperative autologous blood transfusion during laparotomy for hemoperitoneum in ectopic pregnancy and also safety of homologous blood transfusion along with autologous blood transfusion. METHOD Fresh blood, from peritoneal cavity, was collected for autotransfusion in sterile dish, filtered through eight layers ...