Table 2.
Prevalence of blood types of AB blood group system in non-pedigree DSH cats in epidemiological studies previously performed in Italy and compared with the results of the current study.
| Country | Region | Blood Type | Blood Typing Method | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | AB | |||
| Northern Italy | Lombardy (n = 140) [12] | 90.7% | 7.1% | 2.1% | Gel column agglutination |
|
Lombardy (n = 233) (current study) |
91.0% | 5.2% | 3.8% | Tube agglutination | |
| Piedmont (n = 122) [32] | 86.9% | 7.4% | 5.7% | Card agglutination | |
| Central Italy | Tuscany (n = 401) [26] | 88.8% | 11.2% | 0.0% | Microplate agglutination |
| Southern Italy | Sicily (n = 215) (current study) | 77.2% | 12.1% | 10.7% | Tube agglutination |