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. 2017 Mar 30;12(3):e0174406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174406

Table 1. Characteristics of cats admitted to the Ihno, Japan animal shelter in 2011 and 2012 and observed characteristics of the disease during their stay at the shelter.

2011 2012
(n = 95) (n = 94)
Variables Number of cats Percentage Number of cats Percentage
Sex 52 54.7 47 50
Female 36 39.7 46 48.9
Male 7 7.4 1 1.1
Unknown 32 33.7 39 41.5
Roundworm 8 8.4 2 2.1
Coccidia 10 10.5 Unknown Unknown
Sex 6 6.3 9 9.6
Parturition after admission 0 0 28 59.6
Number of diarrhea 67 70.5 51 54.3
Number of URI 79 83.2 55 58.5
Number of cats with both diarrhea and URI 50 52.6 28 29.8
Number of cats with either diarrhea or URI 91 95.8 75 79.8
Recurrence proportion of URI 26/79 32.9 15/74 20.3
2011 2012
(n = 95) (n = 94)
Variables Days Range Days Range
Median duration of URI symptom 15.5 1–174 8 1–110
Median duration of diarrhea symptom 3 1–22 4 1–16
Median duration to occurrence of URI 17.5 1–136 25 1–112
Median duration to occurrence of diarrhea 30 1–136 59 1–189