Blood groups

BLOOD GROUPS

  • Cattle - 11 blood group systems. B and J are important. HDN is rare in calves. It may result from vaccination against anaplasmosis or babesiosis. If it occurs death is due to disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
  • Sheep - 6 blood group systems.
  • Pigs - 16 systems, HDN can occur due to use of hog cholera vaccine containing pig blood;
  • Horses – 7 systems, HDN only a problem in foals born to mares that had had many foals previously.
  • Dogs – 8 systems, DEA (Dog Erythrocyte Antigen) 1.1, 1.2, 3, 4...etc;
  • Cats – only one blood group system. HDN is rare.
  • Chicken – 12 blood group systems. A haemolytic disease may be artificially produced in chicken embryos by vaccinating the hen with cock red cells.
Last modified: Thursday, 26 August 2010, 9:09 AM