Seeing Is Believing: How Blood Plasma Therapy Is Preventing Blindness in Dogs

Blood donation and use of blood products is well known in both human and veterinary medicine.

Blood transfusion is commonly used to save critically ill pets, with a lesser-known use of helping save our pets’ vision, too.

When a dog or cat donates blood, the blood product can be split and used with multiple patients. Serum can be separated from whole blood to treat infections and disorders in the eye – most commonly a condition known as a corneal ulcer.