H. Fujise et al., INCIDENCE OF DOGS POSSESSING RED-BLOOD-CELLS WITH HIGH K IN JAPAN ANDEAST-ASIA, Journal of veterinary medical science, 59(6), 1997, pp. 495-497
The phenotype of high K (HK) red blood cells, which is an autosomal re
cessive, was found in dog groups from 10 of 13 breeds or populations i
n Japan. The incidence of HK was 26 to 38% in the San'in-Shiba, Shinsh
u-Shiba and Akita breeds, and the gene frequencies of HK ranged from 0
.513 to 0.612. The highest incidence (42%) was found in the Jindo bree
d from Korea, and the gene frequency was 0.652. Two other groups from
Korea also possessed this HK variation. However, although HK cells wer
e not found in dogs from Taiwan, Indonesia, Mongolia and Sakhalin, Rus
sia, the HK phenotype is clearly distributed now throughout Japan and
Korea.