Table-4.

Age, sex, and neutering status of feline ciguatera fish poisoning cases.

Age	All cats (n=81)				Female cats (n=43)				Male cats (n=32)				Gender unspecified (n=6)
	Entire	Desexed	Unspecified	Total	Entire	Desexed	Unspecified	Total	Entire	Desexed	Unspecified	Total	Entire	Desexed	Unspecified	Total
Juvenile1 (%)	16	1	1	19	16	2	0	19	13	0	0	13	33	0	17	50
Adult2 (%)	9	10	0	19	12	12	0	23	6	9	0	16	0	0	0	0
Senior3 (%)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17
Unspecified4 (%)	22	26	14	62	16	23	19	58	31	34	6	72	17	0	17	33
Total (%)	47	37	16	100	44	37	19	100	50	44	6	100	50	0	50	100

¹Juvenile=Age given as ≤12 months or animal referred to as a kitten.

²Adult=Age given as >12 months and <8 years or animal referred to as an adult.

³Senior=Age given as ≥8 years or animal referred to as senior, aged, or geriatric.

⁴Unspecified: Insufficient detail in medical record to classify the case as juvenile, adult, or senior