Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
REVUE DE MEDECINE VETERINAIRE, cilt.161, sa.7, ss.322-325, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of blood types in cats located in southern Turkey and the inherent risk of isoerythrolysis in kittens born to parents of unknown blood type. A total of 240 non-pedigree cats stemming from 6 cities of the Mediterranean Sea cost were blood typed by slide agglutination assays: the type A was assessed using an anti-A antiserum prepared from known type B cats, while the type B was determined using the lectin from Triticum vulgaris, then the proportions of mating carrying a risk for neonatal isoerythrolysis were calculated. The overall proportions of type A, type B and type AB were 72.1%, 25.4% and 2.5% respectively and the specific prevalence of these blood types were relatively homogeneous among the 6 cites. Considering that all type B cats possess high serum titre of anti-A antibodies, the calculated mean risk for neonatal isoerythrolysis was high (18.9%), ranged from 9.9% to 22.0% according to the cities. These results clearly demonstrate that not-typed transfusion or mating between unknown blood type cats carries a high risk for incompatibility reactions because of the relatively high type B prevalence and lead to strong recommendation for blood typing cats.