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 |