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In a feline blood donor program, it is therefore essential to have blood donors of all blood types available.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The objectives of this study were the identification of the 3 feline blood types in Ragdoll cats, the comparison of their frequencies with those of Domestic Shorthair (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DSH<\/jats:styled-content>) cats, and the determination of whether Ragdolls are suitable donors in a feline blood donor program.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The blood type was determined by gel column agglutination from Ragdoll cats. The relationships between phenotypic traits, the origin of the cats, and the different blood types were examined. The frequencies for potential transfusion reactions and the risk for neonatal isoerythrolysis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NI<\/jats:styled-content>) were estimated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 61 typed Ragdolls, 77.1% had type A, 4.9% type B, and 18% type<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AB<\/jats:styled-content>blood. The frequency of blood type A in Ragdolls was lower than in DSH cats (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a0.02), while the frequency of blood type<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AB<\/jats:styled-content>in Ragdolls was higher than in<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DSH<\/jats:styled-content>cats (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a0.0002). No relationship was found between blood type and origin of the cat or phenotypic traits. The estimated frequencies of major and minor transfusion reactions following an unmatched transfusion between Ragdolls (donors and recipients), Ragdoll donors and<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DSH<\/jats:styled-content>recipients, and<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DSH<\/jats:styled-content>donors and Ragdoll recipients were 4.7%, 6.7%, 4.6%, and 18.5%, 20.8%, 7.6%, respectively. The frequency of kittens at risk for<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NI<\/jats:styled-content>was 5%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The presence of all 3 feline blood types and a relatively high incidence of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AB<\/jats:styled-content>type cats make Ragdolls an ideal donor breed to include in feline blood transfusion programs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/vcp.12048","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,8]],"date-time":"2013-05-08T21:43:19Z","timestamp":1368049399000},"page":"157-162","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Assessment of blood types of Ragdoll cats for transfusion purposes"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Daniela","family":"Proverbio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Unit of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine University of Milan Milan Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Spada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Unit of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine University of Milan Milan Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roberta","family":"Perego","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Unit of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine University of Milan Milan Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandra","family":"Della Pepa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Unit of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine University of Milan Milan Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giada","family":"Bagnagatti De Giorgi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Unit of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine University of Milan Milan Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luciana","family":"Baggiani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Unit of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine University of Milan Milan Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1182\/blood.V79.9.2485.2485"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1438","DOI":"10.2460\/ajvr.1996.57.10.1438","article-title":"Blood type AB in the feline AB blood group system","volume":"57","author":"Griot\u2010Wenk ME","year":"1996","journal-title":"Am J Vet Res"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0165-2427(93)90088-L"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0034-5288(18)32171-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2052.1981.tb01561.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_7_1","first-page":"260","volume-title":"Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIV","author":"Giger U","year":"2009"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"411","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.1991.198.03.411","article-title":"Transfusion of type\u2010A and type\u2010B blood to cats","volume":"198","author":"Giger U","year":"1991","journal-title":"J Am Vet Med Assoc"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1939-1676.2007.tb02962.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1939-1676.2004.tb02579.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfms.2007.09.005"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1476-4431.2010.00557.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_13_1","unstructured":"Linea guida relativa all'esercizio delle attivit\u00e0 sanitarie riguardanti la medicina trasfusionale in campo veterinario (Italian Guideline on activities in veterinary transfusion medicine). 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