Figure 3.
Scatter plot of within-cat mean sleeping respiratory rate (SRRmean) against age in 59 echocardiographically normal (black shapes) and 28 apparently healthy cats (white shapes), separated by geographic location. SRRmean declines with age for the first 4–5 years, and then plateaus. Cats in Israel (Isr) had higher SRRmean than comparably aged cats in Sweden (Swe) or the USA (US). Ital = Italy