Horse blood donors

[leskaneen]

Hi
Anyone know anything about horse blood bank\donor scheme. Vet has suggested friends horse be a blood donor coz it can t be ridden & she d like to find out more-google not much help !
Thanks Guys

 

[glenruby]

There was an article in H&H a few years back I think. Also think Horse did one but Im not sure.

 

[Kelly1982]

Think there is one is Scotland.

Only problem is though i rung up to find out if i could send my horse there and they said they didn't have any vacancies.

That was over a year ago though so worth a try

 

[AmyMay]

This ladies horse maybe going to one (it??)

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/sh...rue#Post1506072

Not sure I would want to do that to my horse though tbh.

 

[equibabe20]

I'd personally never send my horse to be a blood donor as where I work we've got 2 ex-donar ponies and they are in an awful state. When they arrived they were pretty much wild no one could get near them, their terrified of people, terrified of the vet, scared of everything really. They only now trust one person and the slightest little thing sets them back. This may just be a particularly bad case but i personally wouldn't go down that route.

 

[kirstyfk]

Yeah theres one in Scotland and the places fill up so quickly. I could i don't have any info about it though! sorry

 

[nicnag]

The one is scotland is based near Falkirk, it is called burnbank farm. They were advertising for horses a few weeks ago. They take horses over 15 hands and between 6 and 18 years I think ( or roughly about there!). I have a friend who worked there for a bit and the horses are well enough looked after. I wouldn't say they were pandered to but they live out in herd groups and have a pretty natural life - no pulled manes or shoes!
I can look up the contact details if you like?

 

[zulu705]

I live near it actually. My friends horse went there a few years ago but it didn't get on with the blood giving bit and so he took it back. Place looked good though, horses living in a herd in large fields with big barn for feeding and shelter.

 

[leskaneen]

Thanks guys ! nicnag -if you could find details i d be eternally grateful !!

 

[spider]

Apparently there is one in Bucks, in or near Quainton.

 

[WishfulThinker]

My friend works for a company in Penrith that does the plasma for horses, they ahve a closed herd and I did ask them about taking Beau for a year, only to find out that horses CANNOT be released back into the general population and MUST be PTS!

But then they also do research into infectious deseases (she is working on Foal diseases at the mo)

 

[luane1]

Have sent you a pm with the details

 

[luane1]

http://eolabs.com/facilities.htm

This is the site and it gives you information on the farm in Scotland