Coagulation parameters of fresh-frozen plasma and whole blood bags of dogs stored for 49 days

• Grant number: 13/20669-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: November 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Pathology
• Principal Investigator: Márcia Ferreira da Rosa Sobreira
• Grantee: Grazieli Otaviani
• Host Institution: Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco (UNICASTELO). Campus Descalvado. Descalvado , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In recent years blood transfusion has been increasingly used in veterinary medicine. Therefore, it is necessary to understand and develop techniques to measure the quality and viability of the blood collected until the moment of transfusion. This present study aims to evaluate ten bags of whole blood and fresh plasma from healthy dogs collected and stored under refrigeration (whole blood) or freeze (fresh frozen plasma), containing CPDA-1 for 49 days, it will be valued at eight times with an interval of seven days between each time. At each moment the viability of coagulation factors will be carefully evaluated by the laboratory tests concerning the assessment of plasma coagulation factors including the measurement of TTPA, TP and plasma fibrinogen. The results will be statistically analyzed and compared. (AU)