Pet Blood Bank UK is a not for profit charity which provides a national canine blood bank. Supported by Vets Now, the UK’s leading emergency and critical care veterinary providers, Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk) is the first service of its kind to collect, process, store and supply pet blood products.
Pet Blood Bank UK will help the profession transform the future of transfusion medicine for small animals. The blood bank will give veterinary professionals immediate access to blood products allowing lifesaving blood transfusions. Visit the full site to find out more about the products and services the blood bank will supply and how veterinary professionals in the UK can get involved with the charity.
Pet Blood Bank UK will give all dogs in the country access to life saving blood products, via their veterinary practice. The blood bank relies entirely on volunteer donors to provide blood donations which can then save the lives of critically ill pets. Please browse our site to find out more about the lives we have saved and how you can get involved.
PBBuk ensures dog lovers will have access to a UK-wide blood service via veterinary practices. Blood is collected at blood drives then taken back to the charities state of the art unit in Loughborough where it is processed into packed red blood cells and fresh plasma, for veterinary professionals to use in providing life saving blood transfusions.
These vital blood products are then supplied to veterinary practices across the UK. This means that if your dog needs to benefit from a transfusion during surgery or to treat major traumas and disease, vets will have blood products on hand when they need it most.
At the present time PBBuk is only able to collect and supply canine blood, however it is planned that in the future we will also collect and supply feline blood, providing the same service for cat owners.