Table 3.

Comparison of mean age of healthy dogs and dogs with AHD infected with different virus species

Virus species	Healthy dogs		Dogs with AHD *
	Mean age †	Age range †	Mean age †	Age range †
Virus‐negative	5·2 (n=164)	0·1‐19·0	5·5 (n=522)	0·2‐17·0
CCoV	2·9 (n=35)	0·1‐11·0	4·9 (n=109)	0·3‐16·0
CPV	1 (n=1)	–	1·8 (n=156)	0·2‐14·0
PV	–	–	5·9 (n=87)	0·3‐15·0

AHD Acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea, CCoV Canine coronavirus, CPV Canine parvoviruses, PV Paramyxovirus

^* Dogs shedding more than one virus species were excluded from statistical comparison

^† Age in years