Measurement of titres of naturally occurring alloantibodies against feline blood group antigens in the UK

Measurement of anti‐A and anti‐B haemagglutinating alloantibody titres was performed on serum samples from both pedigree (n = 61) and non‐pedigree (n = 43) cats previously typed using a commercial blood typing kit. All 40 type B cats had anti‐A antibody with titres ranging from 4 to 1600. Among the...

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Published inJournal of small animal practice Vol. 40; no. 8; pp. 365 - 370
Main Authors Knottenbelt, C.M, Day, M.J, Cripps, P.J, Mackin, A.J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.1999
Subjects
Animals
antibodies
Antigens, Surface - analysis
blood group antigens
Blood Group Antigens - immunology
blood transfusion
breed differences
cats
Cats - immunology
Female
gender differences
Isoantibodies - analysis
Male
Pedigree
risk
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Summary:Measurement of anti‐A and anti‐B haemagglutinating alloantibody titres was performed on serum samples from both pedigree (n = 61) and non‐pedigree (n = 43) cats previously typed using a commercial blood typing kit. All 40 type B cats had anti‐A antibody with titres ranging from 4 to 1600. Among the 61 type A sera tested, an anti‐B agglutination titre of greater than 2 was recorded in 16‐4 per cent. There was no significant association between serum alloantibody titre and cat breed or gender (P>0·05).
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Department of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 9825, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, MS 39762‐9825, USA
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ISSN:0022-4510
1748-5827
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1999.tb03101.x