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. 2018 Jul 3;6:e5161. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5161

Table 3. Statistically significant differences in presenting signs and diagnoses, according to age groups and breeds.

Presenting signs and diagnoses p-value for age Presenting signs and diagnoses p-value for breed
1 Conjunctivitis 0.406 Alopecia 0.000
2 Coronavirus infection 0.000 Conjunctivitis 0.000
3 Dermatitis or eczema 0.000 Dermatitis or eczema 0.000
4 Dermatomycoses 0.056 Dermatomycoses 0.500
5 Diarrhea 0.000 Diarrhea 0.006
6 Disorders of orbit, unspecified 0.001 Disorders of orbit, unspecified 0.000
7 Ear pruritus, unspecified 0.000 Dyspnea 0.013
8 Endoparasite 0.000 Ear pruritus, unspecified 0.330
9 Skin Pruritus 0.088 Skin Pruritus 0.001
10 Foreign body ingestion 0.494 Foreign body ingestion 0.000
11 Gingivitis 0.000 Gingivitis 0.000
12 Health services 0.000 Health services 0.124
13 Heart disease 0.000 Heart disease 0.000
14 Cushing’s disease 0.000 Keratitis 0.000
15 Keratitis 0.000 Lameness 0.362
16 Kidney failure 0.000 Loss of appetite 0.144
17 Lameness 0.355 Malassezia infection 0.001
18 Lethargy 0.000 Mammary tumor 0.000
19 Loss of appetite 0.000 Mass 0.029
20 Malassezia infection 0.235 Nasal discharge 0.001
21 Mammary tumor 0.000 Neutering surgery 0.000
22 Mass 0.000 Otitis externa 0.000
23 Neutering surgery 0.000 Patella luxation 0.000
24 Otitis externa 0.000 Pregnancy 0.021
25 Parvovirus infection 0.000 Preventive medicine 0.000
26 Patella luxation 0.000 Pyoderma 0.246
27 Pregnancy 0.000 Seizure 0.000
28 Preventive medicine 0.000 Tooth extraction 0.024
29 Pyoderma 0.000 Toxicity 0.000
30 Seizure 0.000 Trauma 0.000
31 Tooth extraction 0.000 Upper respiratory tract disease 0.001
32 Trauma 0.001 Vomiting 0.028
33 Upper respiratory tract disease 0.000 Wound 0.000
34 Vomiting 0.000
35 Wound 0.000

Note:

The most common reasons presented in Tables 1 and 2 are included. p-value <0.05 (bold font) is considered statistically significant.