TABLE 6.
Clinical conditions documented overall and in association with prescription of ≥1 antibiotic for dogs and cats.
| Condition | Dogs | Cats | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of conditions | Conditions with ≥1 antibiotic, % (95% CI) a | Number of conditions | Conditions with ≥1 antibiotic, % (95% CI) a | Number of conditions | Conditions with ≥1 antibiotic, % (95% CI) a | |
| Surgical | 122 | 74.6 (66.9‐82.3) | 23 | 47.8 | 145 | 70.3 (62.9‐77.8) |
| Gastrointestinal | 106 | 17.0 | 21 | 19.1 | 127 | 17.3 |
| Respiratory | 77 | 49.4 (38.2‐60.5) | 18 | 11.1 | 95 | 42.1 (32.2‐52.0) |
| Urinary | 59 | 39.0 | 27 | 33.3 | 86 | 37.2 (27.0‐47.4) |
| Orthopedic, nonsurgical | 74 | 5.4 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 5.1 |
| Skin | 64 | 43.8 (31.6‐55.9) | 12 | 41.7 | 76 | 43.4 (32.3‐54.6) |
| Neurologic | 59 | 6.8 | 10 | 30.0 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Neoplasia | 48 | 8.3 | 13 | 15.4 | 61 | 9.8 |
| Endocrine | 42 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Cardiac | 37 | 5.4 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Hepatobiliary | 31 | 51.6 | 8 | 87.5 | 39 | 59.0 |
| Trauma | 26 | 50.0 | 8 | 25.0 | 34 | 44.1 |
| Toxicity | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dental/oral | 21 | 9.5 | 4 | 50.0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Ocular | 19 | 47.4 | 5 | 100 | 24 | 58.3 |
| Immune‐mediated | 20 | 15.0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Otic | 10 | 70.0 | 6 | 66.7 | 16 | 68.8 |
| Pancreatic | 10 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 35.7 |
| Multisystemic | 4 | 75.0 | 5 | 80.0 | 9 | 77.8 |
| Reproductive | 8 | 62.5 | 1 | 100 | 9 | 66.7 |
| Peritonitis | 7 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 8 | 100 |
| Fever of unknown origin | 3 | 66.7 | 4 | 75.0 | 7 | 71.4 |
| Blood infection | 4 | 75.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 66.7 |
| Overweight | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Behavioral | 5 | 0 | 0 | ‐ | 5 | 0 |
| Cytopenia | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Anemia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lyme disease | 1 | 100 | 0 | ‐ | 1 | 100 |
| Other | 8 | 12.5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Open diagnosis | 15 | 20.0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Total | 911 | 32.5 (29.5‐35.5) | 217 | 30.4 (24.3‐36.5) | 1128 | 32.1 (29.4‐34.8) |
| No condition identified | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Type not recorded in record | 1 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
Note: Listed in order of frequency.
a
95% CI calculated for conditions where ≥30 consults were associated with antibiotics.