Table 2.
Descriptive statistics on the number of bitches spayed, frequency of pseudopregnancy, and treatment length
| Number of bitches spayed in past 12 months | Number of bitches spayed in past 12 months before their first season | Number of bitches seen in past 12 months showing physical or behavioural signs of pseudopregnancy | Percentage of pseudopregnant bitches not treated | Percentage of pseudopregnant bitches treated with cabergoline | Percentage of pseudopregnant bitches treated with other treatments | Cabergoline: number of days treatment normally prescribed | Cabergoline: longest number of days needed to resolve physical signs | Cabergoline: longest number of days needed to resolve behavioural signs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondents | 397 | 397 | 397 | 397 | 397 | 397 | 397 | 397 | 397 |
| Missing | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 |
| Sum | 22,986 | 9744 | 6212 | 20,685 | 17,531 | 1207 | 2051 | 3299 | 849 |
| Mean | 58.5 | 24.9 | 15.8 | 52.2 | 44.3 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 13 | 13.3 |
| Median | 40 | 15 | 10 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Standard Deviation | 81.9 | 31.4 | 25.2 | 31.3 | 30 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| Range | 1000 | 250 | 250 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 35 | 85 | 36 |
| Minimum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Maximum | 1000 | 250 | 250 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 36 | 90 | 42 |
| IQRa | 50 | 30 | 15 | 57.5 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Confidence Level (95.0%) | 8.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
aInterquartile range