Prevalence of naturally occurring non-AB blood type incompatibilities in cats and influence of crossmatch on transfusion outcomes.

Megan E McCloskyDorothy Cimino BrownNicole M WeinsteinNicole ChappiniMichael T TaneyKimberly MarryottMary Beth Callan

Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2018)

The prevalence of naturally occurring non-AB incompatibilities is sufficiently high to justify the recommendation to perform a crossmatch before all (including the first) RBC transfusions in cats.

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