Urgent appeal for dog blood donors as stocks run low

UCD veterinary professor Carmel Mooney says donations are needed to provide for transfusions

Doggy donors needed: veterinary hospitals around the country are reporting shortages of dog blood

UCD's veterinary school this morning made an "urgent appeal" for donations of canine blood after existing stock has been exhausted.

Professor Carmel Mooney stated on RTÉ's Morning Ireland that several animals required blood transfusions this week, necessitating further donations.