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Product description Using a practical approach, the Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking provides veterinary practitioners with evidence-based guidelines to refer to at the clinical practice level. Provides evidence-based information on transfusion medicine and blood banking practices Presents sections on recipient screening, donor selection, blood collection and storage, and how to meet blood product demands Includes useful protocols for transfusions and blood banking relevant to clinical practice Incorporates the balanced perspectives of veterinarians and veterinary technicians Contains information pertaining to large, small, and exotic animals Review "...this book helps to fill a current void in the veterinary transfusion subspecialty. It will be a useful ready reference for any practice that maintains a blood banking program or provides transfusion services." (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 15/03/2017) From the Back Cover This concise manual focused on the practical aspects of transfusion medicine and blood banking provides veterinary practitioners with evidence-based guidelines to refer to at the clinical practice level. Using a practical approach, the Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking begins with thorough coverage of transfusion medicine, with topics including component therapy, red blood cell, plasma, and platelet products, and alternative blood products. Subsequent sections include chapters on recipient screening, complications, and monitoring, donor selection, blood collection and storage, as well as how to meet blood product demands. The final section covers transfusion medicine in equine, food animals, birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and primates. Veterinarians and veterinary technicians who wish to incorporate transfusion medicine and blood banking into their practices will find the Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking an instrumental resource. Key features Provides evidence-based information on transfusion medicine and blood banking practices Presents sections on recipient screening, donor selection, blood collection and storage, and how to meet blood product demands Includes useful protocols for transfusions and blood banking relevant to clinical practice Incorporates the balanced perspectives of veterinarians and veterinary technicians Contains information pertaining to large, small, and exotic animals About the Author Kenichiro Yagi, BS, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM), is an ICU Manager and the Blood Bank Manager at Adobe Animal Hospital in Los Altos, California, USA. Marie K. Holowaychuk, DVM, DACVECC is a specialist in small animal emergency and critical care and works as a locum criticalist, speaker, and consultant.