Table 3.
Descriptive information on 100 studies of dogs and/or cats described by the authors as case series and published between 2010 and June 2015
| Frequency in Each Category | |
|---|---|
| Species studies | |
| Dogs only | 80 |
| Cats only | 12 |
| Dogs and cats | 8 |
| Year of publication | |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015a | 9 |
| Disease condition or system | |
| Oncology | 20 |
| Orthopedic/skeletal/lameness | 19 |
| Neurological | 9 |
| Urinary/renal | 9 |
| Gastrointestinal | 6 |
| Cardiology | 5 |
| Respiratory | 5 |
| Emergency/critical care | 3 |
| Endocrine/metabolic | 3 |
| Hepatic | 3 |
| Reproductive | 3 |
| Toxicology/poisoning | 3 |
| Other | 12 |
| Author description of study design | |
| Case series | 29 |
| Case series, with “retrospective” included in description | 60 |
| Case series, with “prospective” included in description | 6 |
| Retrospective and prospective case series | 1 |
| Case series plus another study design | 4 |
a
January to June.