FREQUENCY OF BLOOD GROUPS AND TITERS OF ALLOANTIBODIES IN DOMESTIC CATS

Authors

  • Anderson Barros Teixeira Pinto Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro
  • Miguel Angelo da Silva Medeiros Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Mariana Palha de Brito Jardim
  • Antonio Peixoto Albernaz Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab17213453

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

Hemotherapy requires reliable blood compatibility tests, such as blood typing, to avoid possible transfusion reactions in cats. However, it is also important to avoid neonatal isoerythrolysis. When blood transfusions are performed between incompatible feline donors and recipients, they may develop acute transfusion reactions, especially severe when type A blood is transfused into a type B cat because it has high levels of anti-A alloantibodies. Therefore, knowing on the blood type frequency in feline population of some region can help to determine the transfusion reaction risks and the occurrence of neonatal isoerythrolysis. Addicionally, such risks may be prevented through blood typing, in cases of transfusion. One hundred feline blood samples were collected and anti-A and anti-B blood reagent typing tests were performed, plus titration of alloantibodies of stored plasma. These tests showed a 96% frequency of type A blood and only 4% of type B blood among tested cats. We did not find any AB type blood cat. There is a great risk of adverse reactions after random blood transfusions between non-typed cats.
Keywords: blood typing; cats; immunohematology; transfusion medicine.

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Author Biographies

Anderson Barros Teixeira Pinto, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro

Mestrando no programa de Pós-gradução em Ciência Animal da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: andersonbtvet@gmail.com

 

Miguel Angelo da Silva Medeiros, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Doutorando em Clínica e Reprodução Animal da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: someve@gmail.com

Antonio Peixoto Albernaz, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro

Professor titular em Clínica de Pequenos Animais do curso de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: albernaz@uenf.br

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Published

2016-04-29

How to Cite

TEIXEIRA PINTO, A. B.; MEDEIROS, M. A. da S.; JARDIM, M. P. de B.; ALBERNAZ, A. P. FREQUENCY OF BLOOD GROUPS AND TITERS OF ALLOANTIBODIES IN DOMESTIC CATS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 17, n. 2, p. 225–235, 2016. DOI: 10.1590/cab17213453. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/13453. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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