Figure 2.

Flowchart of enrolled dogs with suspected urinary tract infection. Flowchart showing number of enrolled dogs with clinical signs of urinary tract disease, dogs excluded from analysis, and diagnostic work‐up pursued by the veterinarians in Danish veterinary practices. Reasons for exclusion were: (i) no recording sheet received (n = 7), (ii) no reference urine sample received at the reference laboratory (n = 2), (iii) no inclusion criteria present at consultation (n = 14), (iv) former participation in the study (n = 2), (v) urine transport time to laboratory > 6 days (n = 4), and (vi) antibiotic treatment before the consultation (n = 1). AST, antimicrobial susceptibility testing; lab, laboratory; Micro, microscopy; QBC, quantitative bacterial culture; Stix, urine dipstick analysis.