# Pet Transplants

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-transplants/296415>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-transplants/296415 "2005-03-27T00:38:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-transplants/296415/1 "2005-03-27T00:38:22Z")

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Prompted by this thread.

> **[A question for the veterinarians](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=308770)**
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> My old Boxer was put down in the middle of February, following a long life and what we believed to be Degenerative Myelopathy. We were also aware of the possibility of cancer, following history in her lineage, and a geriatric panel done on her in...

Is there a network of organs for terminally ill pets? Are there Vets that specialize in organ transplants? Can an ill pet be cross matched, and some group, somewhere, flies the organ to the operation location , like would happen for a human?

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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-transplants/296415/2 "2005-03-28T00:20:37Z")

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One bump.  
…or, did I ‘stump the band’ with my question?