Table 3.
Characteristics of dogs included in the study
|
All sites |
Messina (S1) |
Augusta (S2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | G2 | Total | G1 | G2 | G1 | G2 | |
| Number of included dogs |
102 |
117 |
219 |
35 |
38 |
67 |
79 |
| Mean age (months)/range |
30.7/2-96 |
29.5/2-84 |
30.1/2-96 |
29.9/3-84 |
31.3/3-72 |
31.1/2-96 |
28.6/2-84 |
| Sex (%) female/male |
55.9/44.1 |
65.0/35.0 |
60.7/39.3 |
60.0/40.0 |
52.6/47.4 |
53.7/46.3 |
70.9/29.1 |
| Weight (kg)/range |
19.3/3.8-41 |
19.2/4.1-47 |
19.3/3.8-41 |
19.6/7.5-41 |
21.5/6.9-47 |
19.2/3.8-35 |
18.1/4.1-38 |
| Coat length (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Short |
55.8 |
53.0 |
54.3 |
51.5 |
50.0 |
58.2 |
54.4 |
| Medium |
32.3 |
35.0 |
33.8 |
28.5 |
36.8 |
34.3 |
34.1 |
| Long | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 20.0 | 13.2 | 7.5 | 11.5 |