Prevalence of Dog Erythrocyte Antigen 1 in 7,414 Dogs in Italy
Table 2
Prevalence of DEA 1 negative and positive in female and male dogs.
Breeds
Dogs tested
DEA 1 neg
DEA 1 pos
Females
Males
Females
Males
No.
No. (%)
No. (%)
No. (%)
No. (%)
Mixed
2,616
475 (51.4)
449 (48.6)
895 (52.9)
797 (47.1)
Labrador Retriever
478
80 (48.2)
86 (51.8)
160 (51.3)
152 (48.7)
German Shepherd
312
120 (47.4)
133 (52.6)
25 (42.4)
34 (57.6)
Golden Retriever
214
33 (62.3)
20 (37.7)
85 (52.8)
76 (47.2)
Jack Russell Terrier
213
4 8 (41.0)
59 (59.0)
54 (47.8)
59 (52.2)
Zwergpinscher
194
28 (45.2)
34 (54.8)
66 (50.0)
66 (50.0)
Chihuahua
164
32 (50.0)
32 (50.0)
46 (46.0)
54 (54.0)
English Cocker Spaniel
158
28 (50.9)
27 (49.1)
52 (50.5)
51 (49.5)
American Staffordshire Terrier
153
37 (51.4)
35 (48.6)
37 (45.7)
44 (54.3)
Dachshund
149
21 (60.0)
14 (40.0)
58 (50.9)
56 (49.1)
Poodle
144
22(48.9)
23 (51.1)
40 (40.4)
59 (59.6)
Maltese
130
33 (55.9)
26 (44.1)
39 (54.9)
32 (45.1)
English Setter
126
12 (50.0)
12 (50.0)
38 (37.3)
64 (62.7)
Border Collie
124
37 (56.1)
29 (43.9)
32 (55.2)
26 (44.8)
Beagle
123
30 (49.2)
31 (50.8)
25 (40.3)
37 (59.7)
Yorkshire Terrier
108
20 (50.0)
20 (50.0)
36 (52.9)
32 (47.1)
Boxer
106
40 (45.5)
48 (54.5)
13 (72.2)
5 (27.8)
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
103
20 (37.7)
33 (62.3)
15 (30.0)
35 (70.0)
Ariegeois
92
4 (100.0)
0 (0.0)
42 (47.7)
46 (52.3)
French Bulldog
86
29 (43.3)
38 (56.7)
8 (42.1)
11 (57.9)
French Brittany Spaniel
83
13 (68.4)
6 (31.6)
26 (41.9)
38 (61.3)
Shih Tzu
79
8 (36.4)
14 (63.6)
22 (38.6)
35 (61.4)
Cane Corso
76
15 (39.5)
23 (60.5)
22 (57.9)
16 (42.1)
Pug
61
6 (42.9)
8 (57.1)
19 (40.4)
28 (59.6)
Rottweiler
57
3 (50.0)
3 (50.0)
28 (54.9)
23 (45.1)
English Springer Spaniel
54
7 (50.0)
7 (50.0)
17 (42.5)
23 (57.5)
West Highland White Terrier
54
16 (47.1)
18 (52.9)
6 (30.0)
14 (70.0)
1,159
219 (49.8)
221 (50.2)
353 (49.1)
366 (50.9)
Total
7,414
1,429 (19.3)
1,449 (19.5)
2,259 (30.5)
2,277 (30.7)
represented by less than 50 dogs; neg, negative, pos, positive, No., total number, %, percentage (according to raw data retrieved from http://www.dogblooddonors.it web site).
