AR-News: (US) Bloodmobile rolls with the pooches

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Michelle Healy, USA TODAY
The nurses and technicians inside the shiny white bloodmobile spend the day 
collecting the "gift of life" from a dozen or more slightly nervous but 
good-natured blood donors. 

Mary Pat Ezzo directs a Labrador Retriever into the Animal Bloodmobile in 
Richboro, PA.
By Eileen Blass, USA TODAY

As happens with any Red Cross blood drive, the donors get snacks and praise 
for their Good Samaritan efforts. There's just one big difference: These donors 
are dogs.
Since 1991, the Penn Animal Blood Bank in Philadelphia has taken its 
specially equipped dogs-only bloodmobile to blood drives organized by breeders, dog 
clubs, veterinarians and others throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware 
and Maryland. In 2002, a second, $80,000 clinic-on-wheels went into operation. 
(Related item: Sights and sounds from the dog bloodmobile)
The vehicles and blood bank are operated by the University of Pennsylvania 
School of Veterinary Medicine to ensure that an adequate supply of blood is 
available to treat critically ill and injured animal patients at the school's 
teaching hospital.
The university says these are the first and only animal bloodmobiles in the 
nation. 


full story:


http://www.usatoday.com/life/2004-01-19-dog-bloodmobile-usat_x.htm





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