Veterinary Applications

Veterinary oxygen carrier applications.

BHOC is a development direction in precision oxygen therapeutics for settings where anemia or blood loss limits oxygen-carrying capacity.

Research direction

Where the veterinary questions begin.

Companion-animal care

Research questions around severe anemia, blood loss and practical oxygen-delivery support in dogs, cats and other companion animals.

Emergency oxygen support

Time-sensitive veterinary settings where donor blood may be delayed, unavailable or operationally difficult to provide.

Wildlife medicine

Species-specific research challenges in conservation medicine, zoological care and remote field environments.

1998FDA veterinary precedent
Historical veterinary precedent

Oxyglobin and canine anemia.

In 1998, the FDA approved Oxyglobin, hemoglobin glutamer-200 (bovine), for anemia in dogs. This is a product-specific veterinary HBOC precedent.

The historical approval does not establish BHOC approval or suitability in other species. Each application requires its own evidence for dosing, safety and efficacy.

Historical canine use map

What historical canine use mapped out.

Biopure's historical booklet reports 885 manufacturer-collected veterinary submissions from 1998-1999 and prints 146 selected canine case vignettes. It is a descriptive dog-only archive, separate from the controlled FDA trial.

Emergency blood loss and trauma

Historically reported as immediate oxygen-carrying support while bleeding control, diagnostics or surgery addressed the cause.

Perioperative anemia and hemorrhage

Historically reported before, during or after surgery when rapid oxygen-delivery support was clinically important.

Hemolysis and regenerative anemia

Historically reported as a bridge while disease-specific treatment acted; the archive also records deaths and later complications.

Ineffective erythropoiesis

Historically reported in renal, marrow and neoplastic disease, with mixed and often short follow-up.

Historical manufacturer-collected reports. Canine, product-specific and descriptive. They do not establish BHOC efficacy, approval in another species or current Oxyglobin availability.

Evidence navigation

Continue into the veterinary evidence.

Use Science & Research Questions for guided interpretation, or open the Evidence & Cases library for source-linked publications, cases and regulatory records.

Research and partnerships

Discuss a veterinary research collaboration.

For research, conservation and strategic partnerships, contact BHOC Therapeutics.

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Species, donor access and research routes

Follow the care question to its evidence: donor access and compatibility, historical product findings, or a defined veterinary research proposal.

BHOC Veterinary. BHOC Vet.

From nature.
Through science.
Back to nature.

BHOC Veterinary Therapeutics, also known as BHOC Vet, is led by Archil Jaliashvili. The BHOC Species & Biodiversity Protection Initiative connects oxygen delivery science with the future of animal health and species protection.

Our foundation is comparative biology: different species have different blood group systems, yet most vertebrates share hemoglobin-based oxygen transport. We explore how this foundation can inform species-specific research and development.

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Different species. Shared biology.
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Different lives. One shared tomorrow.

Explore the biology and conservation context of our featured species.

Species inclusion illustrates the initiative’s scope. It is not a claim of treatment approval.

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