Equine plasma banking: collection by exsanguination.
A procedure was developed for the collection, preparation, storage, and administration of equine plasma. The technique involved exsanguination of anesthetized donor horses via carotid artery catheterization with a large-bore cannula. Blood was collected into plastic bags, allowed to settle by gravity, then transferred into storage bags and frozen. These were quickly thawed when needed.
D000818:Animals; D001771:Blood Banks; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000662:veterinary; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000662:veterinary*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma