Cattin R P
a Veterinary Specialist Group , 97 Carrington Road, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025 , New Zealand.
N Z Vet J. 2016 May;64(3):154-7. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2015.1112313. Epub 2015 Nov 15.
To determine the distribution of feline blood types in a sample of non-pedigree, domestic cats in New Zealand, whether a difference exists in this distribution between domestic short haired and domestic long haired cats, and between the North and South Islands of New Zealand; and to calculate the risk of a random blood transfusion causing a severe transfusion reaction, and the risk of a random mating producing kittens susceptible to neonatal isoerythrolysis.
The results of 245 blood typing tests in non-pedigree cats performed at the New Zealand Veterinary Pathology (NZVP) and Gribbles Veterinary Pathology laboratories between the beginning of 2009 and the end of 2014 were retrospectively collated and analysed. Cats that were identified as domestic short or long haired were included. For the cats tested at Gribbles Veterinary Pathology 62 were from the North Island, and 27 from the South Island.
The blood type distribution differed between samples from the two laboratories (p=0.029), but not between domestic short and long haired cats (p=0.50), or between the North and South Islands (p=0.76). Of the 89 cats tested at Gribbles Veterinary Pathology, 70 (79%) were type A, 18 (20%) type B, and 1 (1%) type AB; for NZVP 139/156 (89.1%) cats were type A, 16 (10.3%) type B, and 1 (0.6%) type AB. It was estimated that 18.3-31.9% of random blood transfusions would be at risk of a transfusion reaction, and neonatal isoerythrolysis would be a risk in 9.2-16.1% of random matings between non-pedigree cats.
The results from this study suggest that there is a high risk of complications for a random blood transfusion between non-purebred cats in New Zealand. Neonatal isoerythrolysis should be considered an important differential diagnosis in illness or mortality in kittens during the first days of life.
确定新西兰非纯种家猫样本中猫血型的分布情况，探讨家猫短毛和长毛品种之间、新西兰北岛和南岛之间的血型分布是否存在差异；计算随机输血导致严重输血反应的风险，以及随机交配产生易患新生儿溶血病小猫的风险。
回顾性整理并分析了2009年初至2014年底在新西兰兽医病理学（NZVP）和格里布尔斯兽医病理学实验室对非纯种猫进行的245次血型检测结果。纳入被鉴定为家猫短毛或长毛的猫。在格里布尔斯兽医病理学实验室检测的猫中，62只来自北岛，27只来自南岛。
两个实验室的样本血型分布存在差异（p=0.029），但家猫短毛和长毛品种之间（p=0.50）以及北岛和南岛之间（p=0.76）无差异。在格里布尔斯兽医病理学实验室检测的89只猫中，70只（79%）为A型，18只（20%）为B型，1只（1%）为AB型；NZVP检测的156只猫中，139只（89.1%）为A型，16只（10.3%）为B型，1只（0.6%）为AB型。据估计，18.3 - 31.9%的随机输血有发生输血反应的风险，非纯种猫随机交配中9.2 - 16.1%有新生儿溶血病的风险。
本研究结果表明，新西兰非纯种猫之间随机输血发生并发症的风险很高。新生儿溶血病应被视为新生小猫出生后几天内疾病或死亡的重要鉴别诊断。
