Frequency of Blood Types A, B and AB in a Population of Non-Pedigree Domestic Cats from Central Italy
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Country (Date) | Number | Blood Type (%) | ||
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A | B | AB | ||
Present study | 483 | 89.9 | 7.0 | 3.1 |
Croatia (2016) [2] | 30 | 96.7 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
Denmark (1994) [3] | 105 | 98.1 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
England (2007) [4] | 105 | 67.6 | 30.5 | 1.9 |
Finland (1992) [5] | 61 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
France (2017) [6] | 231 | 89.6 | 10.0 | 0.4 |
France (2019) [7] | 320 | 83.7 | 14.4 | 1.9 |
Germany (2018) [8] | 81 | 71.6 | 21.0 | 7.4 |
Greece (2001) [9] | 207 | 78.3 | 20.3 | 1.4 |
Hungary (2001) [10] | 81 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Iberian Peninsula (2017) [11] | 827 | 96.9 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
Ireland (2011) [12] | 137 | 84.7 | 14.6 | 0.7 |
Italy (1992) [5] | 401 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
Italy (2007) [13] | 122 | 86.9 | 7.4 | 5.7 |
Italy (2011) [14] | 140 | 90.7 | 7.1 | 2.1 |
Italy (2014) [15] | 195 | 92.3 | 5.1 | 2.6 |
Italy (2020) [16] | 448 | 84.4 | 8.5 | 7.1 |
Portugal (2004) [17] | 159 | 89.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
Portugal (2011) [18] | 515 | 97.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 |
Spain (2004) [19] | 100 | 94.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
Spain (2004) [20] | 97 | 88.7 | 7.2 | 4.1 |
Switzerland (1993) [21] | 1014 | 99.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Turkey (2006) [22] | 301 | 73.1 | 24.6 | 2.3 |
Turkey (2010) [23] | 240 | 72.1 | 25.4 | 2.5 |
UK (1999) [24] | 139 | 87.1 | 7.9 | 5.0 |
UK (2014) [25] | 82 | 79.3 | 12.2 | 8.5 |
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Tommaso, M.D.; Miglio, A.; Crisi, P.E.; Boari, A.; Rocconi, F.; Antognoni, M.T.; Luciani, A. Frequency of Blood Types A, B and AB in a Population of Non-Pedigree Domestic Cats from Central Italy. Animals 2020, 10, 1937. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101937
Tommaso MD, Miglio A, Crisi PE, Boari A, Rocconi F, Antognoni MT, Luciani A. Frequency of Blood Types A, B and AB in a Population of Non-Pedigree Domestic Cats from Central Italy. Animals. 2020; 10(10):1937. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101937
Chicago/Turabian StyleTommaso, Morena Di, Arianna Miglio, Paolo Emidio Crisi, Andrea Boari, Francesca Rocconi, Maria Teresa Antognoni, and Alessia Luciani. 2020. "Frequency of Blood Types A, B and AB in a Population of Non-Pedigree Domestic Cats from Central Italy" Animals 10, no. 10: 1937. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101937
APA StyleTommaso, M. D., Miglio, A., Crisi, P. E., Boari, A., Rocconi, F., Antognoni, M. T., & Luciani, A. (2020). Frequency of Blood Types A, B and AB in a Population of Non-Pedigree Domestic Cats from Central Italy. Animals, 10(10), 1937. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101937