>From:    "Bruce Williams, DVM" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Fang
>Finding a donor ferret usually isn't too hard - as we haven't established
>blood groups in ferrets - ferrets are universal donors - any ferret can
>donate to any other ferret - even multiple times.
 
I have it on good authority that in emergency situations, dog or cat blood
can be used to provide blood for a ferret.  The ferret's body destroys the
foreign cells within about 48 hours, but this could buy the time one needs
to find a ferret donor in a life or death situation.
 
For the ferrets,
Mike
 
* Michael F. Janke, [log in to unmask]
* South Florida Ferret Help Line, 305-752-7040
*
* Website:  http://www.miamiferret.org
* Adrenal/Insulinoma web site: http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc
[Posted in FML issue 3267]