Bred for Blood: The business of dog and cat blood banks [Video]

JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. — If you’re a dog or cat owner and you’ve had to rush your beloved pet to a veterinary hospital in an emergency, you’ve experienced that tremendous sense of relief when your pet received the care they needed to get better.

Sometimes, those emergencies require a blood transfusion, and that blood is continually a challenge to come by.

Like for humans, there are blood banks set up to draw blood from dogs and cats, albeit that type of blood bank is much more limited.

In Jackson County, Indiana, a large operation pumps out a lot of blood for the supply chain.

The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB) is split into two blood drawing facilities: hundreds of dogs in Vallonia and hundreds of cats in Brownstown.

Officially registered as a commercial breeder, …