Initial experience of ultrapurified bovine haemoglobin use in horses |
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Authors: | K. T. T. Corley |
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Affiliation: | Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital, The Curragh, Co Kildare, Ireland. |
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Abstract: | Ultrapurified bovine haemoglobin solutions such as Oxyglobin are rarely used in equine medicine due to their relatively high cost and concerns over their safety. Four foals and a mature horse were administered Oxyglobin as part of their treatment regime to good clinical effect, and no adverse clinical signs were noted. All 5 animals went on to make a full recovery from the various disease processes that necessitated treatment with blood and blood products. Oxyglobin appears to be a useful adjunctive treatment for acute, life‐threatening anaemia in the horse. |
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Keywords: | horse neonatal isoerythrolysis anaemia blood transfusion Oxyglobin |
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