Table 3.

Degree of clinical signs in 51 dogs with SA at diagnosis and in 33 dogs at follow-up.

	Category	springer spaniel	standard poodle	akita	total
At diagnosis	Number of dogs	24	19	8	51
	Graded as mild = 1, moderate = 2, severe = 3 in number of dogs
	Alopecia at diagnosis	6, 11, 7	9, 10, 0	2, 5, 1	17, 26, 8
	Seborrhoea at diagnosis	3, 8, 13	5, 11, 3	0, 6, 2	8, 25, 18
	Pyoderma up to diagnosis 1	5, 9, 10	12, 3, 4	2, 0, 6	19, 12, 20
	Severity of signs at diagnosis	2, 11, 11	4, 13, 2	2, 3, 3	8, 27, 16
	Graded as no = 0, yes = 1 in number of dogs
	Pruritus at diagnosis	10, 14	11, 8	2, 6	23, 28
	Otitis up to diagnosis	14, 10	14, 5	7, 1	35, 16
	Paw involvement at diagnosis	20, 4	16, 3	5, 3	41, 10
	General signs/discomfort	21, 3	14, 5	5, 3	40, 11
At follow-up	Number of dogs	14	14	5	33
	Graded as mild = 1, moderate = 2, severe = 3 in number of dogs
	Alopecia at follow-up	9, 5, 0	7, 5, 2	1, 2, 2	17, 12, 4
	Seborrhoea at follow-up	7, 3, 4	5, 6, 3	1, 1, 3	13, 10, 10
	Pyoderma during follow-up1	3, 1, 10	10, 2, 2	0, 1, 4	13, 4, 16
	Severity of signs at follow-up	7, 3, 4	8, 1, 5	1, 2, 2	16, 6, 11
	Graded as no = 0, yes = 1 in number of dogs
	Pruritus at follow-up	8, 6	10, 4	3, 2	21, 12
	Otitis during follow-up	6, 8	11, 3	5, 0	22, 11
	Paw involvement at follow-up	11, 3	12, 2	2, 3	25, 8

¹ = the grading refers to "events of pyoderma", 1 = none, 2 = once, 3 = more than once.