Special Issue "Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Animals"
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2022.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: clinical pathology; hematology; onco-hematology; transfusion medicine
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Interests: clinical pathology; hematology; transfusion medicine; immunology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The theme of this Special Issue of Animals is “Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Animals”.
The study of veterinary transfusion medicine has undergone substantial changes in recent years in every aspect. Both the methods of sampling and transfusion of whole blood and blood products have been studied in depth. Furthermore, the methods of preservation of whole blood and blood product such as erythrocyte and plasma concentrates have been studied in order to increase the safety of this practice. Each step, i.e., donors and blood collection, screening, preparation, storage, and transfusion, has been considered and the improvements are beneficial to transfusion medicine in animals. These topics have been studied and described for dogs, cats, and horses, but little is known about this for with regard to other species, especially relatively exotic species.
Another interesting aspect of transfusion medicine is the epidemiology of blood transfusion in all countries and the identification of new blood group antigens in different animal species.
This topic cannot be separated from the knowledge of hematology in all animals, as well as information about the characteristics of the three blood populations (RBC, WBC, and PLT) and clotting factors. Alterations related to erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets (i.e., anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplasia, congenital and acquired coagulopathy) can provide important information relating to the most suitable products to transfuse in clinical cases.
Constant work by experts is important so that knowledge can be extended both in terms of early and accurate hematologic diagnoses and in terms of new transfusion therapies.
Prof. Maria Teresa Antognoni
Dr. Arianna Miglio
Dr. Alessandra Gavazza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hematology and onco-hematology
- leukemia
- lymphoma
- transfusion medicine
- blood
- plasma
- blood products
- blood donors
- blood groups
- leukodepletion
- all animal species
- acquired and congenital coagulopathies
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Author: Arianna Miglio
Title: HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR 5 ADULT HUNTING DOG BREEDS USING A BLOOD DONOR DATA BASE
Author: Maria Teresa Antognoni
Title: Effect of leukoreduction on some hemato-biochemical parameters and hemolysis in stored canine whole blood units
Author: Marta Vascellari
Title: Looking for safe cat blood donors: prevalence of haemoparasistes in owned cats from north and central Italy
Author: Gioia Capelli
Title: Looking for dog blood donors in an endemic area for vector-borne infections of Central Italy
Author: Ambra Lisa Misia
Title: Effect of leukodepletion on the oxidant stress and in vitro hemolysis in stored canine whole blood units
Author: Arianna Miglio
Title: Changes in blood coagulation and platelet aggregation induced by incremental long-term training in young Thoroughbred racehorse during first workout season
Author: Gavazza Alessandra
Title: Canine Blood groups: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Author: Sara mangiaterra
Title: Feline Blood groups: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Author: UNITY JEFFERY
Title: WBC and platelet ratios in Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia