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Contents
ABSTRACT 8
1. Introduction 10
2. Materials and Methods 12
2.1. Blood samples 12
2.2. Blood typing assays 12
2.3. Sensitization and transfusion reactions risk analysis 13
2.4. Statistical analyses 14
2.5. Ethical approval 14
3. Results 18
3.1. Case identification 18
3.2. Gender analysis 18
3.3. Body weight analysis 18
3.4. Breed specific analysis 19
3.5. The correlations between the prevalence of the different blood types 20
3.6. Risk factor analysis 20
4. Discussion 26
5. Conclusion 29
References 30
Abstract (in Korean) 34
Table 1-1. Distribution of DEA 1, DEA 4, and Dal positive and negative dogs by number and percentage, based on gender and body weight. 22
Table 1-2. Top 3 dogs and their prevalence. 23
Table 2. The correlations between the prevalence of the different blood types 24
Table 3. The risk of sensitization and AHTR to DEA 1, DEA 4, and Dal in Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, and mixed groups using untyped blood. 25
Figure 1-1. The DEA 1 typing results on immunochromatographic strips. 15
Figure 1-2. Grading of the agglutination reaction strength from - to 4+ for DEA4 and Dal typing. 16
Figure 1-3. Adding an extra droplet of diluent to precisely interpret the typing results. 17