Frequency of DEA 1 antigen in 1037 mongrel and PUREBREED dogs in ITALY

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Table 1 Frequency of DEA 1– blood type in breeds including15 dogs, statistical analysis results and summary of published data**

Breed	n° of dogs	% DEA 1-	P value	Chi-square	OR	95% CI for OR	% DEA 1- and location in literature
Dogo Argentino	56	100	<0.01*		93.08	12.63–686.15	95 B1
Dobermann	17	94	< 0.01	20.63	26.60	3.46–204.55	Data referred to groups <15 dogs
German Shepherds	65	92	< 0.01	59.18	19.95	7.67–51.84	90 B1; 84 SA; 30 I; 0 B2
Boxer	22	82	< 0.01	15.99	7.48	2.44–22.92	Data referred to groups <15 dogs
Corso dog	31	68	<0.01	10.10	3.49	1.56–7.80	71 It

*calculated by Fisher’s exact test, **only data obtained from breed with ≥15 dogs were reported
B1 Brazil, [17]; B2 Brazil, [20]; I India, [27]; It Italy [38]; J Japan, [19]; P Portugal, [26]; S Switzerland, [28]; SA South Africa: [21]

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