Small Animal Blood Bank
How To Help The Blood Bank
Donor Requirements | Tests | Donor Benefits
Are you interested in helping the UTCVM Blood Bank by making a donation? The money you donate will be used to provide toys and treats for our in-house donors and to support the expensive process of screening potential donors for health problems and contagious diseases. The cost of initial screening is approximately $400 per dog and $310 per cat. Each donor is screened annually for metabolic or infectious diseases at a cost of about $350 for dogs and $250 for cats. Thank you for helping us to continue to provide a high quality medical product for dogs and cats across the state. You can help us save lives of our beloved canine and feline companions.
Are you interested in your dog or cat being a blood donor? If they meet the following requirements they may be eligible to be screened as donors. Blood donors should be able to donate at least 4 units of blood every year for a minimum of 3 years. Donations can occur as often as every 4-6 weeks. Contact sabloodbank@mail.ag.vet.edu for more information.
Feline Donors must Canine Donors must
- Be Healthy
- Be > 1 years of age
- Lean Body Weight > 10#
- Be neutered
- Be easy to handle
- Be current on vaccines
- Be kept indoors only
- Never have been bred
- Be on monthly flea and tick preventative
- Be Healthy
- Be > 1 years of age
- Lean Body Weight > 50#
- Be neutered
- Be easy to handle
- Be current on vaccines
- Be on monthly heartworm preventative
- Be on monthly flea and tick preventative
- Be a universal donor
- Never have been bred
After all potential donors are blood typed and pass their physical exam, they will be screened for infectious diseases or health problems.
All cats must test negative for... All dogs must test negative for...
- Feline Leukemia virus
- Feline Immunodeficiency virus
- Mycoplasma haemofelis
- Bartonella spp.
- Intestinal parasites
- Heart disease (based on physical exam)
- Metabolic disease based on CBC, biochemical profile, urinalysis, T4
- Hypertension
- Heartworm disease
- Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis)
- Babesiosis (Babesia canis, B.gibsoni)
- Bartonella spp.
- Leishmania donovani (in Foxhounds)
- Intestinal parasites
- Heart disease (based on physical exam)
- Metabolic disease based on CBC, biochemical profile, urinalysis
- Brucella canis
- Von Willebrand's disease
- Hypertension
- Free Annual physical exam
- Free Annual blood tests (CBC, biochemical profile and infectious disease screening)
- $60 Credit to the UTCVM or a bag of Science Diet pet food of your choice with each unit of blood donated.