Xenotransfusion with packed bovine red blood cells to a wildebeest calf (Connochaetes taurinus)

摘要: A 4-month-old female blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) was presented for bilateral pelvic limb fracture repair. Clinical examination under anaesthesia revealed a water-hammer pulse and haematocrit of 0.13. xenotransfusion performed using bovine (Bos taurus) erythrocytes because inability to acquire donor. parameters improved following transfusion the post-operative value 0.31. The remained physiologically stable with gradually declining next three days. On third day, refractured its femur humanely euthanised poor prognosis further Xenotransfusion blood from domestic ruminants represents life-saving short-term emergency treatment anaemic hypoxia in wild ungulates. Domestic goats could be used as donors rare ungulates where allodonors are not available.