Breed Risk of Pyometra in Insured Dogs in Sweden
An animal insurance database containing data on over 200,000 dogs was used to study the occurrence of pyometra with respect to breed and age during 1995 and 1996 in Swedish bitches _10 years of age. Survival rates indicate that on average 23–24% of the bitches in the databases will have experienced pyometra by 10 years of age. In the studied breeds, this proportion ranged between 10 and 54%. Pyometra is a clinically relevant problem in intact bitches, and differences related to breed and age should be taken into account in studies of this disease.
- Pages : 9
- Publisher : Wiley - Blackwell Verlag GmbH
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- Year : 2008 June
- Language : English
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