Table 4. Owner-reported diagnoses of common disorders in three brachycephalic breeds: Bulldogs, French Bulldogs and Pug (n = 2168).
N.B. The p-value reports prevalence differences between the breeds.
| Disorder type | Disorder | Overall % | Bulldog % N = 638 |
French Bulldog % N = 741 |
Pug % N = 789 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airway | BOAS | 11.8 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 0.048 |
| Laryngeal collapse | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 0.826 | |
| Tracheal hypoplasia | 5.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 0.109 | |
| Ophthalmic | Corneal ulcer | 15.4 | 14.6 | 8.1 | 22.9 | <0.001 |
| Entropion and/or ectropion | 9.5 | 19.1 | 3.9 | 6.8 | <0.001 | |
| Spinal | Intervertebral disc disease | 6.3 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 4.3 | <0.001 |
| Spinal malformation | 6.7 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 0.010 | |
| Skin | Skin fold infection | 15.0 | 22.4 | 14.2 | 9.8 | <0.001 |
| Allergies | 27.0 | 33.7 | 28.9 | 19.8 | <0.001 |