Table 3.
Alloantibody prevalence of AB blood group system in cats from regions in Northern (Lombardy) and Southern (Sicily) Italy.
| Whole Population (n = 327) | Origin | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Italy (n = 196) | Southern Italy (n = 131) | ||||
| Alloantibodies | Presence | 62 (19.0%) | 30 (15.3%) | 32 (24.4%) | 0.7015 |
| Absence | 265 (81.0%) | 166 (84.7%) | 99 (75.6%) | ||
| Alloantibodies by blood type | A | 30/268 (11.2%) | 19/177 (10.7%) | 11/91 (12.1%) | 0.7398 |
| B | 32/34 (94.1%) | 11/12 (91.7%) | 21/22 (95.5%) | 0.6585 | |
| AB | 0/25 (0.0%) | 0/7 (0.0%) | 0/18 (0.0%) | - | |