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Frequencies of feline blood types in northern Portugal
Author(s) -
SilvestreFerreira Ana C.,
Pastor Josep,
Almeida Odete,
Montoya Alberto
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
veterinary clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1939-165X
pISSN - 0275-6382
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-165x.2004.tb00380.x
Subject(s) - cats , blood typing , blood type (non human) , blood smear , veterinary medicine , type (biology) , biology , typing , cytology , medicine , pathology , immunology , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , malaria
The frequencies of feline blood types in northern Portugal were studied by surveying 185 pedigreed and nonpedigreed cats. Blood typing was performed by the traditional tube method. As a single group, the majority of cats were type A (90.3%), 3.8% were type B, and 5.9% were type AB. Among pedigreed cats, 19 were Siamese and 7 were Persian; all but 1 were type A. Among nonpedigreed cats, 89.3% were type A, 4.4% were type B, and 6.3% were type AB.