Message Number: SG14245 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 03:39:47 +0100 (BST)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: very sick ferret with anemia
Message-ID: <6806368.1118025587592.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
>Maybe you could look into this but you should know that the
> transfusion could be fatal. We had a ferret die from this about a yr ago.
Why would the transfusions be dangerous in this case? Ferrets don't have blood groups. Is there something about the condition itself or about repeated transfusions that would cause that?
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