RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS OF THE 28th ECVIM-CA CONGRESS

This study aimed to widen the available information on the prevalence of subclinical infection by Haemotropic Mycoplasmas in healthy indoor cats eligible to become blood donors in the Iberian Peninsula. Blood samples of 1053 client‐owned indoor healthy cats that were selected to be potential blood donors at the Animal Blood Bank in Spain and Portugal were obtained in the areas of Catalonia‐Spain (231) and Portugal (822). Complete blood count, serum biochemistry, feline inmunodeficiency virus (FIV) and leukemia virus (FeLV), and species specific qualitative polimerase chain reaction for Mycoplasma were performed in each potential donor. All data was obtained from the routinary procedures performed at the animal blood bank, no unnecessary procedures were done to blood donors. All blood samples were collected after signed informed owner consent.