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Veterinary Medicine /
Raptor Center
Open House: Blood Donor, U of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
060402 (First Sun. in April) posted: 060412, modified: 060705
<
http://www.cvm.umn.edu/cvm/education/prospective/DVMprogram/openhouse/home.html
>
Here is a
greyhound, who works for the Veterinary Medicine Center (actually his
bandana says Veterinary Medicine Center, University of Minnesota). He
wears a muzzle (I think just in case he tries to bite kids visiting the Open
House). I could be wrong? I saw around 10 greyhounds without muzzles in the booth
at the Greyhound Association** (helping retired racing greyhounds find homes).
There, I learned that the greyhounds were very friendly. On second thought,
the reason why the blood donor greyhound wears a muzzle may be that there is a
center regulation, under which the greyhound must wear the muzzle while his blood is
being transfused or he is in the Veterinary Medicine Center.) ** Maybe this
is the site of the Greyhound Association <
http://www.gpa.mn.org/adopting/adopting.htm >
I asked Sandra, a vet student (U of M) who tended the greyhound at one of many
booths at the Open House, “What does this dog do at Vet. School?” She replies,
“He (or she) is a blood donor.” I was confused by the words, “blood donor”,
and said to myself, “Ummm… What? Do we, humans need dogs’ blood?” What the
heck? I threw another Q to her again, “I don’t understand his job.” She
explained to me, “We can transfuse his blood into another dog if needed”. I
said, “Oh, I got it. Dogs need blood transfusing, don’t they? Yes, this is Vet
Medicine Center, isn’t it? This is really ‘Out of the box thinking’ because I
was thinking of humans’ problems.” She kindly added this info, “The reason why
we have greyhounds at the center is their blood is so universal that the blood
can be transfused to many kinds of dogs”.
Note: As we know, greyhounds are famous for being good runners (I bet the
Greyhound bus was named after the greyhound because of the running ability of
greyhounds)*. He is slender and he looks like an excellent runner. I asked
Sandra, “Did he used to be a racer?” She replied, “Yes, he is a retired racer”.
I questioned again, “Does he need lots of exercise even now?” Sandra answered,
“Yes, he likes to do lots of exercise everyday.”
Words: vet = veterinarian, veterinary, vet (verb)
*
Greyhound Racing Association of America <
http://www.gra-america.org/ >
FYI:
Greyhound Lines <
http://www.greyhound.com/ >
Greyhound Bus Museum <
http://www.greyhoundbusmuseum.org/ >
Note: “Hi Sandra, Really appreciated your info on dog blood donors. I learned a
lot from you.”
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