Medical procedure creates a…”cat dog?”

By DogTime

Buttercup is one lucky feline. He needed a rare xenotransfusion. That is when the blood of one species is transfused to another.

Veterinarians at Marathon Veterinary Hospital in South Keys, Florida, performed the procedure on September 16 by giving Buttercup a life-saving transfusion using dog blood. A West Palm Beach dog blood bank provided…

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