TABLE 4:
Species | Per cent of veterinary clinicians (3982) | Number of conditions per species | Body system/Topic | Number of conditions per body system | Per cent of conditions per species |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dog | 81 | 9606 | |||
Skin | 3064 | 32 | |||
Gastrointestinal | 2735 | 28 | |||
Musculoskeletal | 1742 | 18 | |||
Cat | 78 | 9251 | |||
Skin | 2467 | 27 | |||
Non-specific | 1272 | 14 | |||
Urinary | 1123 | 12 | |||
Rabbit | 54 | 6410 | |||
Dental | 1918 | 30 | |||
Skin | 1619 | 25 | |||
Gastrointestinal | 974 | 15 | |||
Equine | 21 | 2498 | |||
Musculoskeletal | 899 | 36 | |||
Gastrointestinal | 512 | 20 | |||
Respiratory | 336 | 13 | |||
Cattle | 21 | 2463 | |||
Reproduction | 1085 | 44 | |||
Respiratory | 379 | 15 | |||
Non-specific | 344 | 14 | |||
Guinea pig | 17 | 1974 | |||
Skin | 743 | 38 | |||
Non-specific | 365 | 18 | |||
Dental | 346 | 18 | |||
Sheep | 11 | 1228 | |||
Reproduction | 360 | 29 | |||
Non-specific | 282 | 23 | |||
Musculoskeletal | 229 | 19 |
Non-specific body systems or topics related to conditions that were either too general to belong to one category (eg, nutrition problems) or could fit into more than one category (eg, bacterial infection)
*Veterinary clinicians were asked to mention up to four species that they worked with and three conditions for each species. See online supplementary Appendices 1, 2 and 3 for further details on condition classification