Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava.

The accesses that were performed included 20 autogenous radial-cephalic direct wrist accesses ... and 1 autogenous brachial artery- brachial vein upper arm access. [1] Nine patients (22%) had ...