Original scientific paper

Blood groups in cats in the city of Zagreb.

Tugomir Karadjole ; Clinic of Obstetrics and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Irina Kovačević ; Veterinary practice, Zagreb
Marko Samardžija ; Clinic of Obstetrics and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Babić ; Clinic of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mario Kreszinger ; Clinic of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Berislav Radišić ; Clinic of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Harapin ; Clinic for Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ljiljana Bedrica ; Clinic for Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The frequency of blood groups was researched in domestic non-pedigree cats and some pedigree cats in the City of Zagreb. The research comprised 30 domestic non-pedigree cats and 15 pedigree cats, of which 10 were British shorthair cats and 5 Persian cats. Of the 30 domestic non-pedigree cats, 29 of them (96.66 %) had blood group A. Only one cat (3.33 %) had blood group AB. Blood group B is extremely rate, and was found in only one of the 10 British shorthair cats. The remaining British shorthair cats had blood group A. All five Persian cats tested had blood group A. The frequency of blood groups in domestic non-pedigree cats and in British shorthair and Persian cats is very similar to the frequency of these breeds in the rest of the world.

Keywords

blood groups; domestic cats; British cats; Persian cats

Hrčak ID:

156709

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156709

Publication date:

22.4.2016.

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