Table 3.
Injured body system, by disciplines, in a sample of Swedish sporting and utility trial dogs (n = 1582).
| Full Cohort | Obedience | Rally Obedience |
Agility | Utility Trials * | Protection | Tracking | Search | Messenger | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N of injured dogs | 928 (58.7) | 455 (57.6) | 348 (58.4) | 274 (63.7) | 516 (60.9) | 108 (63.9) | 403 (60.4) | 144 (63.7) | 25 (75.8) |
| Pyramidion diagnosis system | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Muscular | 330 (20.9) | 169 (21.4) | 125 (20.0) | 112 (26.0) | 189 (22.3) | 45 (26.6) | 141 (21.1) | 55 (24.3) | 11 (33.3) |
| Joint and ligament | 234 (14.8) | 114 (14.4) | 88(14.8) | 87 (20.2) | 123 (14.5) | 26 (15.4) | 94 (14.1) | 34 (15.0) | 5 (15.2) |
| Skeletal | 144 (9.1) | 85 (10.8) | 57 (9.6) | 29 (6.7) | 95 (11.2) | 20 (11.8) | 82 (12.3) | 22 (9.7) | 4 (12.1) |
| Dermatologic | 271 (17.1) | 131 (16.6) | 104 (17.4) | 65 (15.1) | 155 (18.3) | 35 (20.7) | 123 (18.4) | 53 (23.5) | 6 (18.2) |
| Multiorgan | 274 (17.3) | 133 (16.8) | 119 (20.0) | 82 (19.1) | 142 (16.8) | 24 (14.2) | 107 (16.0) | 45 (19.9) | 6 (18.2) |
| Ophthalmologic | 17 (1.1) | 6 (0.8) | 6 (1.0) | 2 (0.5) | 9 (1.1) | 1 (0.6) | 7 (1.0) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (3.0) |
| Nervous | 6 (0.4) | 4 (0.5) | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Digestion | 44 (2.8) | 29 (3.7) | 17 (2.9) | 7 (1.6) | 28 (3.3) | 7 (4.1) | 24 (3.6) | 9 (4.0) | 2 (6.1) |
* Utility trial disciplines were defined as Swedish Schutzhund, tracking (SWDA), search (SWDA), messenger (SWDA), patrol (SWDA), International Utility Dog trials (tracking, obedience, protection, search and rescue), International Nordic Style, BH/VT, and mondioring, and were collapsed to one category. SWDA = Swedish Working Dog Association.