Chapter 1618 Direct Blood Transfusion

Megan has donated blood herself and seen others transfuse, but she never knew how animals should donate and transfuse blood, holding the syringe nervously for fear that she would screw it up.

Zhang Zian forcibly calmed down. He had never eaten pork, but at least he had seen pigs run away. He had seen Sun Xiaomeng give blood transfusions to cats and dogs at the pet clinic, so he generally knew the process, but the problem was that he lacked a special medicine at hand.

The families of beekeepers and horse herders who used to live in this deserted Indian village are all self-sufficient, and some things that are not always available in ordinary urban families may be found here.

Thinking of this, he ran to the kitchen cupboard and rummaged through it.

"Quack! Transfusion of dog blood to cats sounds like bloody blood!" Richard jumped out of his hood, combed his feathers and said, "The most bloody thing is that it's not Made it up!"

Megan listened to it mumbling, but she couldn't understand Chinese, and didn't know what the parrot was calling. If she could understand, she must feel the same.

"If the first crab-eating cat was still alive, I would definitely award it a honor." Fei Na sighed.

"It's not just cats that can transfuse dog blood, scientists are still studying the feasibility of transfusing pig blood to humans." Zhang Zian added.

The snow lion nodded suddenly, "Meow meow! A real man is a big pig's hoof!"

Cat transfusion of dog blood, not only will not be fatal, but can prolong life. This is simply news that subverts common sense and three views.

Although cats can only lose dog blood once in a lifetime, it was enough for her to have a better understanding of the wonderful relationship between creatures, and even felt that the suffering she had suffered was worth the fare.

Seeing that she was too nervous, Zhang Zian asked her to light up all the candles and oil lamps she could find while searching for what he wanted to make the room brighter.

There is no electricity in this house, only oil lamps and candles. It is conceivable that the light is not good. When suturing just now, he almost put his eyes on Vladimir's wound, but he will need more precise when drawing blood later. To operate, the brightness of the lighting must be increased.

Megan responded, and gathered all the candles and oil lamps in the upstairs and downstairs rooms into the living room, decorating it like a candlelit church.

Not only that, but she also brought in movable mirrors and all other shiny things to enhance the reflection.

"Jeff, how did you know that cats can transfuse dog blood?" She asked curiously while arranging things, after all, this kind of knowledge is too unpopular.

Zhang Zian didn't stop his hands, and kept rummaging through the bottles and jars in the kitchen, explaining casually to satisfy the curiosity of her and the elves.

Once, Sun Xiaomeng received a customer who brought a cat for emergency treatment in the clinic. The cat accidentally ate sausages used for poisonous dogs outside, resulting in severe hemolysis and internal bleeding, and urgently needed blood transfusion.

As both Zhang Zian and she knew well, pet hospitals in China basically did not have cat blood banks, and blood transfusions could only rely on temporary blood collection, let alone her small pet clinic, it was impossible to stock cat blood.

However, after testing, the blood type of this cat is the relatively rare type B blood, which contains very strong type A antibodies, and type A blood must not be transfused.

Unfortunately, the few healthy cats eligible for blood transfusion in the clinic at that time were all type A blood, and they were all abandoned cats abandoned by the owner in the clinic.

At that time, Sun Xiaomeng also turned to Qiyuan Pet Shop Jianghu for help, but Zhang Zian was abroad at that time, and the Abyssinian cats had not yet come to the store, and all the cats in the store were kittens about three months old, which were not eligible for blood donation. conditions, so there is no way.

So, she suggested to the cat owner to temporarily use dog blood to save the emergency. As a result, the cat owner was furious and questioned her medical qualifications. No matter how she explained, the other party couldn't listen to her. After scolding her, he took the cat and turned around Ben to the pet hospital, but there is no large pet hospital nearby, and there is no word on whether the cat was saved in the end.

Sun Xiaomeng complained about this in the small circle, and Zhang Zian remembered it when he saw it.

Most mediocre veterinarians do not know this unpopular knowledge. A small number of more motivated veterinarians may know it, but they may not dare to put it into practice, because the disputes in the pet medical industry are no less than those in the human medical industry. If cat blood was transfused and finally died, it is understandable, after all, it is a normal treatment, but if dog blood is transfused and it has not been rescued in the end, then it is unreasonable, maybe a large sum of money will be lost …… In practice, this kind of thing requires doctors to be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and customers need to actively cooperate with doctors' work, both of which are indispensable.

Megan sighed and said enviously, "Dr. Sun must be a very good veterinarian..."

"Quack! You're right!" Richard echoed.

This is not an exaggeration at all. China’s population density and pet density are much higher than those of Western countries, so Chinese doctors and veterinarians perform enough operations every year for Western doctors to work for a lifetime. Western doctors may easily earn a high salary for one operation a week. It is common for doctors to die suddenly from overwork in three large-scale operations in the morning, noon and evening... The phrase "practice makes perfect" is justified. For routine operations that require surgery, the average level of Chinese doctors basically beats Western doctors.

"found it!"

Zhang Zian held up a bottle, and saw the words on the bottle clearly by the light of the flashlight. Although the small words were a bit blurred, the large characters "sodium citrate" were still clearly visible.

Since the original owner usually only comes back once every six months, the mouth of the bottle is tightly sealed to prevent moisture, and the white powdery crystals inside look no different from the new ones, at least with the naked eye.

"What is this for?" Megan asked curiously.

"A food additive, the owner may often use fruit or wild fruit to brew drinks in summer, or make homemade cheese or something, but most importantly, sodium citrate is also a necessary anticoagulant for blood transfusions Potion." Zhang Zian explained.

Regardless of whether it is a large pet hospital or a small pet clinic, it is necessary to collect blood temporarily when transfusing cats. However, if the freshly drawn blood is directly transfused to cats, blood coagulation may occur, so anticoagulants are needed. Sodium citrate is the most commonly used anticoagulant with high quality and low price, and there is little difference between food grade and pharmaceutical grade.

He has observed the process of Sun Xiaomeng's preparation of sodium citrate solution, blood collection, and blood transfusion. This is called direct blood transfusion in medicine. One person passed it on, one person transfused the blood, and the blood had to be injected as soon as possible. Even if the intermediate transfer steps were omitted, at least two people were needed, so Megan's help was necessary, and he couldn't do it alone.