>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]