One of our group wanted to know about a very beautiful subject. His question was like this - like our blood group, do other animals also have such a blood group?
The answer is - yes, there is. Animals that have blood have a specific blood type, but it is slightly different than humans. Try to know how different!
The human blood group is based on three different antigens: A, B, and O. Our possible blood groups are A, B, AB, and O, each of which can be Rh positive or negative. Type O negative blood can usually be taken by anyone and type AB positive can take any other type. Everyone knows this. But in the case of animals, the matter is not a little, but a lot different. For example:
Dogs have over eight different antigens and most of them are labeled as dog erythrocyte antigens (DEA 1.1, 1.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7). However, almost all of a given breed of dog has the same blood type - for example, 60 percent of greyhound breeds are DEA 1.1 negative. DEA 1.1 serves as the universal donor for negative dogs and DEA 1.1positive is the universal acceptor.
On the other hand, cats have only two possible antigens - A and B, although they are not the same as the A and B antigens found in human blood. Cat blood types have no universal donor or acceptor, no such blood type. But about 90% of domestic cats have blood type A blood, while exotic purebred cats often have blood type B. AB can also occur but is very rare.
Like dogs, horses have 8 different blood antigens, A, C, D, K, P, Q, and U are internationally recognized, while T is still being researched. There are 30 different horse blood groups in their composition. The blood type situation in cows is more complicated. They have 11 main blood groups (A, B, C, F, J, L, M, R, S, T, and Z) and this single B group contains over 60 different antigens.
Now, your pet cat's blood type A is also yours. If he needs blood for some reason, can you give him blood? Or if you need blood, can you take blood from a dog or cat? The answer is no, you can't because different species have different blood types. Not all blood is the same, and there are many differences between breeds. However, one dog will be able to donate blood to another dog if necessary. Surprised to know – the first successful recorded blood donation was not from human to human, but from dog to dog. The first successful blood transfusion between two dogs was performed by Richard Lower in 1665.
One in three dogs has the potential to donate blood. Like humans, dogs must have certain qualifications to donate blood. For example:
1. Must be healthy.
2. Weight should be at least 25 kg.
3. Age should be between 1-8 years.
4. The blood must not have been transfused before.
5 should be disease free.
6. Must be able to lie still for 5-10 minutes to donate blood etc.
Dogs are able to give blood every eight weeks. Likewise, cats can save lives by donating blood to other cats. Although blood donation in animals other than humans is not well known in our country, vets in our country may have had the privilege of witnessing the beautiful sight of "a dog saving the life of another dog".
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