Table 2.
Reason for testing blood type and retroviral status for each group in a population of 709 cats tested for association between blood type and retroviral status
| Reason for testing | n | A blood type | B blood type | AB blood type | Retrovirus positive | FeLV positive | FIV positive | FeLV/FIV positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cases | 709 | 621 (87.6) | 68 (9.6) | 20 (2.8) |
119 (16.8) | 47 (6.6) |
58 (8.2) | 14 (2.0) |
| Epidemiologic study | 247 | 228 (92.3) | 13 (5.3) | 6 (2.4) | 61 (24.7) | 25 (10.1) | 30 (12.1) | 6 (2.4) |
| Donor | 210 | 183 (87.2) | 20 (9.5) | 7 (3.3) | 9 (4.3) | 1 (0.5) | 6 (2.9) | 2 (0.9) |
| Prior to blood transfusion | 175 | 141 (80.6) | 29 (16.6) | 5 (2.8) | 36 (20.5) | 16 (9.1) | 14 (8) | 6 (3.4) |
| Mating | 33 | 31 (93.9) | 1 (3.0) |
1 (3.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preoperative | 42 | 36 (85.7) |
5 (11.9) |
1 (2.4) | 13 (31) | 5 (12) | 8 (19) | 0 |
| Unknown | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data are n (%)
FeLV = feline leukemia virus; FIV = feline immunodeficiency virus