Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk) is a not for profit charity and is the first service of its kind to collect, process, store and supply pet blood products on a nationwide scale.  Thus, enabling veterinary practices throughout the UK to stock life saving blood products for their patients.

A change in legislation in October 2005 made it possible for vets to apply for licensing to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) to bank pet blood products. Recognising this as an opportunity to develop a national pet blood bank, Vets Now decided to support the set up of the PBBuk charity, based in a state of the art unit in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

PBBuk will collect canine blood from volunteer dogs which will then be processed into various blood products. The opportunity to order these products from the PBBuk means that veterinary practices can be permanently stocked with these products, so when a transfusion needs to be carried out the blood or plasma products will already be on site and instantly accessible.

As a charity we need lots of help and support both from the veterinary profession and the dog owners of the UK to ensure that we provide a successful and sustainable service.

There are a number of ways that you can get involved as a veterinary professional. You may have a dog who meets our donor requirements that you'd like to bring along to one of our blood drives. If you do click here to find out when and where we are holding our next blood drives.

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