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

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Table 2 Frequency of DEA 1+ blood type in breeds including at least 15 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
Rottweiler	15	100	<0.01*		9.02	1.17–69.67	100 B1; 88P; 86 B2; 78 SA
Bernese Mountain dog	50	94	< 0.01	18.6	9.4	2.84–31.32	100 S
Briquet Griffon Vendéen	32	94	< 0.01	12.21	9.02	2.10–38.82	None
English setter	21	86	0.03	4.51	3.61	1.03–12.65	53 J
Golden Retriever	77	83	< 0.01	11.01	2.96	1.53–5.73	95 B1
Labrador Retriever	69	77	0.03	4.76	1.99	1.06–3.73	87 I; 55 SA; 45 P
Ariegeois	55	73	0.16	2.01	1.60	0.83–3.09	None
Newfoundland	21	62	0.96	0.02	0.98	0.39–2.46	None
Italian short/rough-haired hound	16	62	0.99	0	1.00	0.35–2.87	None

*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]; J Japan, [19]; P Portugal, [26]; S Switzerland, [28]; SA South Africa: [21]

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