>The new product, BIOPURE, is an "artificial blood".  It is a synthetic
>oxygen-carrying liquid that can actually replace blood in emergency
>procedures.  The beauty of it is that there is no typing or cross-matching
 
Sounds like a great thing for vets to keep around!  Please note though, I
believe with ferrets there are no blood types, any ferret can donate or
receive to/from any other.  (Someone correct me if that's not so, but that's
what I've read.) Storage and availability can still be an issue of course.
 
-Ilena Ayala
[Posted in FML issue 2211]