The Lionhead Rabbit is a relatively new rabbit breed within the United States of America. Although the breed had been imported around 1998, it was not until 2014 that the American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) approved the Lionhead Rabbit as an officially recognized breed.
You can donate platelets once in a seven day period and up to 24 times a year. You must wait at least 72 hours after donating platelets before donating whole blood. After an automated double red cell collection, you must wait 112 days before donating again. In any eight (8) week period, you can make one blood donation and one platelet donation or six (6) platelet donations.
The testing process takes up to two days. This is why it is the blood on the shelf ready to go that save lives. There is no substitute for blood, when a patient requires blood, there is only one source - a blood donor. You are able to donate whole blood and red cell + plasma apheresis every eight weeks. You are able to donate platelet apheresis every two weeks.