Prevalence of Dog Erythrocyte Antigen 1 in 7,414 Dogs in Italy
Table 4
Number of prospective blood donors.
Breeds
DEA 1 neg
DEA 1 pos
DEA neg
DEA pos
No.
No. (%)
No. (%)
No.
No. (%)
No. (%)
Labrador Retriever
478
166 (34.7)
312 (65.3)
264
105 (39.8)
159 (60.2)
German Shepherd
312
253 (81.1)
59 (18.9)
171
145 (84.8)
26 (15.2)
Golden Retriever
214
53 (24.8)
161 (75.2)
133
38 (28.6)
95 (71.4)
American Staffordshire Terrier
153
72 (53.1)
81 (46.9)
58
24 (41.4)
34 (58.6)
Boxer
106
88 (83.0)
18 (17.0)
66
56 (84.8)
10 (15.2)
Ariegeois
92
4 (4.3)
88 (95.7)
5
1 (20.0)
4 (80.0)
Cane Corso
76
38 (50.0)
38 (50.0)
27
17 (63.0)
10 (37.0)
Rottweiler
57
6 (10.5)
51 (89.5)
32
3 (9.4)
29 (90.6)
Bernese Mountain Dog
44
8 (18.2)
36 (81.8)
33
7 (21.2)
26 (78.8)
Dobermann
32
25 (78.1)
7 (21.9)
19
14 (73.7)
5 (26.3)
Kurzhaar
30
7 (23.3)
23 (76.7)
4
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
Australian Shepherd
29
9 (31.0)
20 (69.0)
3
0 (0.0)
3 (100.0)
Siberian Husky
29
12 (41.4)
17 58.6)
4
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
Maremma Sheepdog
24
12 (50.0)
12 (50.0)
15
7 (46.7)
8 (53.3)
Weimaraner
24
14 (58.3)
10 (41.7)
13
7 (53.8)
6 (46.2)
Belgian Shepherd
23
12 (52.2)
11 (47.8)
3
2 (66.7)
1 (33.3)
English Pointer
22
8 (36.4)
14 (63.6)
2
1 (50.0)
1 (50.0)
Total
1,745
787 (45.1)
958 (54.9)
852
431 (50.6)
421 (49.4)
prospective blood donor based on age (2 to 8 years old) and body weight (>25 kg); neg, negative, pos, positive, No., total number, and %, percentage (according to raw data retrieved from http://www.dogblooddonors.it website).
