Table 2.

Estimating the odds of a patient being surveyed about preventative use based on the admitting clinical service and presenting complaints in 5,276 dogs presented to a veterinary teaching hospital between 1999 and 2006. Significant (P<0.05) associations are bolded.

Variable	n	% Surveyed	OR	95% CI	P
Admitting Service
Emergency	3,330	24.1	1.00	-	-
Oncology	76	7.9	0.27	0.12 – 0.62	0.00
Medicine	1,774	24.2	1.01	0.88 – 1.15	0.93
Dermatology	125	13.6	0.07	0.02 – 0.22	0.00
Ophthalmology	17	11.8	0.49	0.29 – 0.83	0.01
Orthopedics	48	6.25	0.42	0.10 – 1.84	0.23
Genetics/Pediatrics	633	15.9	0.21	0.06 – 0.68	0.01
Soft Tissue	314	8.60	0.45	0.30 – 0.69	0.00
Neurology	70	7.14	0.24	0.10 – 0.60	0.00
Dentistry	43	16.3	0.61	0.27 – 1.38	0.23
Cardiology	27	0	-	-	-
Presenting Complaint
Healthy	470	20.0	1.00	-	-
Prior Parasite History	200	16.0	1.06	0.66 – 1.72	0.80
Diarrhea	2,192	25.3	1.25	0.97 – 1.60	0.08
Vomiting	126	22.2	1.14	0.71 – 1.84	0.58
Vomiting & Diarrhea	114	21.1	1.07	0.64 – 1.76	0.80
Neurologic	442	21.0	1.15	0.56 – 2.35	0.71
Cardiac	245	17.8	0.85	0.57 – 1.26	0.62
Respiratory	211	23.2	1.21	0.81 – 1.79	0.34
Renal	120	20.8	1.05	0.64 – 1.73	0.83
Liver	50	28.0	1.38	1.05 – 1.83	0.02
Other	169	14.7	0.69	0.45 – 1.12	0.23