Importance of Cat Blood Typing
Cats have three main blood types: A, B, and AB. Type A is the most common, while type AB is very rare. Cats also have natural antibodies against the blood types that are not their own. This means that if a cat receives a blood transfusion from a donor with a different blood type, it can cause a severe and potentially fatal reaction. Therefore, blood typing is essential to ensure that the donor and the recipient have the same blood type before any transfusion. Blood typing is important for cats because they have different blood types that are not compatible with each other.
Blood typing is also important for cat breeding, especially for breeds that have a high frequency of type B cats. If a type B queen mates with a type A tom, the kittens may inherit type A blood from their father. However, the type B queen will have antibodies against type A blood in her colostrum (the first milk produced after giving birth). These antibodies can cross the placenta and destroy the red blood cells of the type A kittens, causing a condition called neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI). NI can result in anemia, jaundice, and death of the kittens within the first few days of life. Therefore, blood typing can help prevent this situation by avoiding incompatible matings or by removing the kittens from their mother soon after birth and feeding them with artificial milk or colostrum from a type A or AB queen.
Ringbio Feline Blood Typing Kit and why use it
Ringbio feline blood typing kit is a 2min rapid test kit to determine the cat blood types.
- It can help you determine the blood type of your cat quickly and easily. The kit is a rapid agglutination card that can detect blood types A, B, and AB in cats. It is based on specific immunoreactions and it takes only 2 minutes to get the result.
- It can help you prevent or treat blood transfusion reactions in your cat. Cats have natural antibodies against the blood types that are not their own, which can cause severe and potentially fatal reactions if they receive a blood transfusion from a donor with a different blood type. Therefore, it is very important to know the blood type of your cat and the donor before any transfusion.
- It can help you avoid neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI) in your kittens. NI is a condition that occurs when a type B queen mates with a type A tom, and the kittens inherit type A blood from their father. The type B queen will have antibodies against type A blood in her colostrum, which can destroy the red blood cells of the type A kittens, causing anemia, jaundice, and death. By knowing the blood type of your cat and the potential mate, you can prevent this situation by avoiding incompatible matings or by removing the kittens from their mother soon after birth and feeding them with artificial milk or colostrum from a type A or AB queen.
More information about this kit can be found here. If you are interested in it, please contact [email protected] for details.
