Sun
States: Blood Banks for Animals
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Charitable Organization consisting of a 100% Volunteer Companion Animal Blood Donation Program
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A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Charitable Organization consisting of a 100% Volunteer Companion Animal Blood Donation Program
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ResearchAnimal Care and Use Statement Sun States: Blood Banks for Animals is committed to the highest ethical standards in donor recruitment and to a safe blood supply. We believe that the quality of life of one animal should not be enhanced at the expense of another. All of our donors are community-based volunteer donors. We appreciate their generosity, and acknowledge that they are free to withdraw their consent at any time. Any research conducted by Sun States involving our donor pool is held to the same standard. Research involving byproducts of blood donations that would otherwise be discarded (such as platelets) is considered acceptable practice if it improves the quality of products and services offered by the blood bank and does not compromise the integrity of the donation process. Any blood product that is collected for a purpose other than for blood donation and distribution, blood typing, or blood screening for donor suitability requires the express informed consent of the guardian of the donor animal. Any research project involving such blood products also requires prior approval by the Sun States: Blood Banks for Animals' Institutional Review Board prior to its inception. There will be no exceptions to this rule. Participation in a research project (or lack thereof) will have no standing on the companion animal’s donor status with the blood bank, or any of the benefits that they are entitled to because of that donor status. Published PapersClick here => Description and Evaluation of a Canine Volunteer Blood Donor Program Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 9(2), 129-141 Copyright © 2006, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. We’re very proud to announce the publication
of an article about our blood donor program in the Journal of Applied
Animal Welfare Science. We’re proud of our community donors, and the
positive impact they’ve had on the lives of dogs in need of blood. This article gives our donor dogs the chance
to have another positive impact on the lives of other dogs – this time their
comrades-in-paws – fellow blood donors. Animal blood banking is a relatively new
concept, tracing its roots back to Dr. Jean Dodds and “Hemopet: A non-profit
animal blood bank,” established in 1986, and Dr. Urs Giger’s Penn Animal
Blood Bank at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn founded the community
donor concept, and Hemopet took the unique approach of rescuing dogs, providing
them with excellent veterinary care, and finding them homes – fueling the rescue
effort by having the dogs serve limited terms as blood donors. These pioneers advanced not only technical
but ethical frontiers. It is on the shoulders of these giants that Sun
States is privileged to stand, and hopefully make our small contribution to
the science of animal blood banking, and to further explore the ethical
considerations of volunteer animal blood donor programs. We believe that this
article is the first published data on donor enrollment, infectious disease
rates, and donation complications associated with community blood donor
programs. We are also proud to unequivocally demonstrate that community
programs can provide a safe, effective, and reliable blood supply.
We hope that the publication of this data
will serve to stimulate discussion about blood donor programs, and continue to
advance the ethical debate initiated by Drs. Dodds and Giger as we explore the
complex questions surrounding blood donor welfare and quality of life for our
donors. We also hope that the publication of this data can serve as a stimulus
for other blood banks to provide the public with a transparent view of their
donor programs and donation practices. In working together we can help ensure
not only the safety of the blood supply, but also that all of our donors are
well cared for. Every dog deserves the chance at a loving
home. Especially one who is a blood donor, and gives the gift of life. ProjectsAn additional research paper is coming soon!
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