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Can dogs survive anemia and liver failure with treatment?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pomeranian | Male | 10 years and 10 months old | 10 lbs

hi my dog is died yesterday due to anemia n liver failure i want to know the treatment of both the disease.on 27 jan his hb level was 11 den on very nxt day it fell to 10.reprt shows anemia n sgpt level was 65.7.i took him to the vet he had given him i.v fluid dextrose through i.v n liver extract all d med via iv n also folic acid,lascilactone,antibiotic.bt his cnditiom became wrse by worse.i loved him a lot .he wasnt giving any response.wat if i went to the blood transfusiom?

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on February 5th, 2018

I'm so sorry to hear this happened to Rocky. I can tell you loved him a lot. He may have had a chance at survival with the blood transfusion but there is no guarantee. If he had liver failure then no treatment would have been effective long-term. Without having his entire medical history it is hard for me to comment other than to make generalizations but I believe you did what you could and it does not sound like the blood transfusion would have helped that much. Again, I am sorry for your loss. Best wishes.

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