Whose animal blood has the closest resemblance to human's?

Question

One that could be used for experiments that should be tested in human blood but tested in animal blood first. Thanks :)

Answer 1

I have recently done some work on Marmoset blood. They have the same blood groups as humans. Their red and white cells look the same under the microscope, and they are small and easy to handle. Other primates are also very similar, but an angry baboon is difficult to get blood from, and may well tear you to pieces. And don't even think of going near a gorilla with a syringe.
So, the answer is - the primates. Chimps would be closest.

Pigs, as suggested above, while resembling human blood, is not a good replacement, as the red cell antigens are not similar. The biochemistry is close enough, so it depends on the experiments you want to run.

Answer 2

Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes.

However, if you just need the blood and not the whole organism, it's probably easier to get human blood than chimp blood. I mean, when you go into a phlebotomy clinic, you don't see a bunch of chimps sitting in the waiting room, do you?

Answer 3

I would think monkey or ape, since we share some of the same genes, but pig blood does resemble human blood too.

Answer 4

Monkey. I think this because they are the most similsr thing to the human being. I am just thinking this. You might want to do a google search or something. The CDC website probably wouldnt have it. Good luck finding out doll. Toodles!!!!!

-Massie Block

Answer 5

Actually believe it or not. It's a Cat. They just decoded the DNA of a cat and cured lukemia in cats, So hopefully there will be some hope for us humans sometime soon

Answer 6

why? are you trying to fool some kind of pre-employment drug test?

Answer 7

pig