no edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:  
==Pathogenesis==
 
==Pathogenesis==
 
===Feline neonatal isoerythrolysis===
 
===Feline neonatal isoerythrolysis===
Cats have three main blood types, type A, type B and type AB. Worldwide, the most common blood type in cats is type A and type A is dominant over type B. Queens with type B blood have high levels of naturally occurring alloantibodies to type A blood. FNI develops when type B blood mothers mate with type A tomcats producing kittens with type A/B blood. The newborn kittens ingest maternal colostrum containing anti-A antibodies leading to the clinical signs of feline neonatal isoerythrolysis (FNI).
+
Cats have three main blood types, type A, type B and type AB. Worldwide, the most common blood type in cats is type A and type A is dominant over type B. Queens with type B blood have high levels of naturally occurring alloantibodies to type A blood. Feline neonatal isoerythrolysis (FNI) develops when type B blood mothers mate with type A tomcats producing kittens with type A/B blood. The newborn kittens ingest maternal colostrum containing anti-A antibodies leading to the clinical signs of FNI.
    
===Equine neonatal isoerythrolysis===
 
===Equine neonatal isoerythrolysis===
906

edits