Table 5. Dog owners' responses to sick dogs in the Northern Peninsular Area (NPA), Australia that encompasses identification of sick dogs, reporting systems, veterinary services, human-dog bites and dog-dog bites from a survey of dog-owners conducted in the NPA in 2015.

Variable	Category	Number	%
Description of sick dog1	Skin conditions	20	39
	Physical ailments	14	61
	Body condition	11	43
	Gastrointestinal signs	4	29
	Behaviour change	13	7
	Unknown	2	21
Correct identification of 'sick' dog	Picture A	27	58
	Picture B	30	42
	Picture C	31	36
	Picture D	31	36
	Picture E	30	12
Sick in last 12 months	Yes	12	16
	No	19	74
Signs of sick dogs2	Skin conditions	6	14
	Physical ailments	4	9
	Gastrointestinal signs	1	3
	Behaviour	3	39
Reported sick dog	Yes	7	7
	No	5	45
How long until report a sick dog	Immediately	11	9
	Within a week	11	7
	More than a week	4	93
	Unknown	5	50
Who would they report to3	AMW4	26	50
	Vet	5	61
	Other5	3	39
	No one	1	10
Veterinary services	AMW4	12	90
	Abattoir manager	2	39
	Outside NPA6	14	61
	Unknown	3	43
Human bites	Yes	2	29
	No	29	7
Human bites reported	Yes	1	21
	No	1	58
Dog bites	Yes	19	42
	No	12	36
Dog bites reported	Yes	2	36
	No	17	12

¹ Many respondents replied with multiple signs so percentages derived from a total of 64 responses

² Only respondents that said their dogs were sick in the last 12 months replied to this and many saw more than one sign so percentage based on a total of 14 signs

³ Some respondents may report a sick dog to more than one person so percentages based on a total of 35 answers

⁴ AMW = animal management worker

⁵ Other includes rangers, hospital and local abattoir manager

⁶ Outside the NPA includes Thursday Island, Cairns and Weipa