Without more education and directed advocacy from the veterinary community, veterinary blood supply shortages may soon become insurmountable, writes Bill Romanelli. He outlines significant threats to the future availability of animal blood supplies including increasing demand, lack of donors, limited shelf life and well-intended animal activism.
Source: Today’s Veterinary Practice, March/April 2026. Link.
It’s time for veterinarians to use their platform to take on the blood supply shortage, educate pet owners on the facts about community and colony blood banking, and help to overcome the threats that, left unchecked, will make the blood shortage worse.”
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