Table 3.
Drop reasons for teams finishing at least half race distance as well as age distribution and sex of dogs and speed of the team before being dropped
| Participating teams (n=21) | Nonparticipating teams (n=33) | P-value | Total – all teams (n=54)
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| N | % | ||||
| Total number of dogs dropped/dogs in race (%) | 123/336 (36.6) | 207/525 (39.4) | 0.41 | 330/861 | 38.3 |
| Median speed before being dropped (km/hr) ± SD | 12.55±1.51 | 12.76±1.54 | 0.23 | 12.63±1.53 | |
| Mean age of dropped dogs (years) ± SD | 4.0±1.9 | 4.2±2.1 | 0.37 | 4.2±2.0 | |
| Sex of dropped dogs/dogs in race (%) | 0.09 | ||||
| Male | 78/209 (37.3) | 150/353 (42.5) | 228/562 | 40.6 | |
| Female | 45/127 (35.4) | 57/172 (33.1) | 102/299 | 34.1 | |
| Number of dogs dropped per category (% of all dropped) | 0.23 | ||||
| Carpus | 17 (13.8) | 26 (12.6) | 42/330 | 12.7 | |
| Shoulder (biceps/triceps/pectoralis) | 38 (30.9) | 67 (32.4) | 101/330 | 30.6 | |
| Skeletal pelvic limb (metatarsus, tarsus, coxofemoral joint, femur, stifle) | 8 (6.5) | 7 (3.4) | 15/330 | 4.5 | |
| Muscle/tendon: pelvic limb (Achilles tendon, emitendinosus, semitendinosus, gastrocnemius, quadriceps) | 2 (1.6) | 8 (3.9) | 9/330 | 2.8 | |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.