Fading Kitten Syndrome
It turns out that cats also have some kind of blood type. There are three kinds of blood type found in cats , namely A , B and AB. In the United States , 95 % of domestic cats and has a mix of blood group type A. All races Siamese cats , Burmese , Tonkinese , American Short hair and Oriental Short hair so far known to have blood type A.
Approximately 50 % thoroughbred race cats including Persian race , Devon Rex , Sphynx , Abyssinian , Cornish Rex , Exotic Short hair , Birman , and Somali have blood type B.So far , the equipment / kit to determine the blood group type of cat has not been found in Indonesia . While there Cattery or an experienced breeder who buy their own equipment from abroad for the benefit of its Cattery.
Blood type A cat is more dominant than the type B. Therefore, if one parent cats have different blood types , most likely the kittens have blood type A.
As with humans , cats also have immune substances ( antibodies ) against the natural blood group other than his own . Mating cats with different blood groups are at risk of death due to kittens this antibody .
Type A is more dominant than B In cats , blood type A is more dominant than the blood group B. Therefore, when the male and female cats have different blood groups ( A and B or AB ),
the possibility of birth cat has blood type A.
A breeder should just keep the cat with blood type A. Female cat blood type B can only be mated with a male with blood type B as well.
Males ( A ) X Females ( A ) - > secure marriage with a male cat with a female Blood type A blood group A, will produce kittens with the same blood type . It is not dangerous , kittens can survive and live normally.
Male ( B ) X Females ( A ) - > secure marriage with a male cat with a female Blood type B blood group A , will produce kittens with blood type A ( because A is more dominant than It is harmless , can be safely and kittens with a normal life.
Male ( B ) X females ( B ) - > secure marriage with a male cat with a female Blood type B blood group B , will produce kittens with blood type B. It is not dangerous , kittens can survive and live normally.
Males ( A ) X females ( B ) - > Fading Kitten Syndrome Mating male cat with blood type A and blood group B females , will produce kittens with blood type A ( because A is more dominant than . This is dangerous , because the blood group mother's blood type is different with children.
In the milk produced by the parent antibodies ( antibodies ). In milk also contained antibodies to different blood groups.
If the stem blood group B and A son , from mother 's milk will destroy the blood cells kittens for different blood types. Milk from the parent instead of being energy and food for the child , even a killer for kittens.
The kittens will die within a few days after eating its mother. This is called Fading Kitten Syndrome.
