Paediatrics- plasma transfusion

Saurabh Saxena paediatrics-hi all ,recently i bumped into an article abt giving plasma transfusion to fading pups.nice concepet though!!how it can be done .pls comment

"FADING PUPPY SYNDROME"

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We would like to share with you our recent experience with our first litter of Dogue De Bordeaux puppies.Our Dogue bitch Ella had been fit and healthy throughout her pregnancy and was due to whelp. On the Thursday I noticed she had been panting heavily although her temperature had not yet dropped. ....

18 February at 07:26 · Comment · · Share · Flag

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    Cyril Roy I do not know about dogs? In Equine practice, i used to give foals regularly plasma harvested from older mares to improve the immunity for infections in susceptible cases

    18 February at 12:00 · · Report
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    Saurabh Saxena thanks doc.watz d age of foals and he schedule u follow for infusion.and wat were the results ?

    20 February at 07:34 · · Report
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    Cyril Roy

    Normally its useful only in the first few weeks. After that the foals kind of starts its own immunity. I remember once my farm was swept by a bad enteritis infection epidemic. Every foal was getting infected on the second or third week. Dis...See more

    20 February at 16:14 · · Report
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    Swarupmay Majumdar great can we try this?

    20 February at 16:48 · · Report
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    Saurabh Saxena yes sure ,its a gr88 concept,but how can can we give plasma to 2-4 day old pup.which method and which route wud be better?? foreign based vets shd throw sum light??is it a common practice there??

    20 February at 16:57 · · Report
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    Gautam Unny you can give it s/c

    22 February at 14:58 · · Report
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    Joseph Cyrus u can give it introoessous or i/p. we at CUPA Bangalore have used it extensively in parvo puppies with excellent results. u may want to keep ur options open for expensive puppies.

    28 February at 07:32 · · Report
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    Ashwin Nambiar ‎@ Joseph: have you started giving inj's i/ o also?

    01 March at 06:51 · · Report
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    Swarupmay Majumdar good question, can u (joseph) please tell us how do we do that, if u can upload a video it may be very helpful .

    01 March at 09:56 · · Report
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    Viju Vijayan whats the volume that should be adminstered, i mean is it based on body weight.., if not how much can we administer to a pup through s/c or i/p

    05 March at 17:47 · · Report
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    Sp Singh you can give plasma harvested from the known mother whose puppies dies due to it ----or--- can be harvested from the same mother and can be given ORALLY to the newborn

    21 July at 17:26 · ·