Table 3.
Proportional incidence of diseases in dogs according to gender.
| Type of diseases | Diseases | Number of cases (Proportional incidence, %) |
Chi-square value | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Viral | Parvovirosis | 77 (4.9) | 59 (3.8) | 136 (8.7) | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Distemper | 23 (1.5) | 22 (1.4) | 45 (2.9) | 0.03 | 0.86 | |
| Bacterial | Salmonellosis | 25 (1.6) | 37 (2.4) | 62 (4.0) | 3.78 | 0.05 |
| Colibacillosis | 40 (2.6) | 28 (1.8) | 68 (4.4) | 1.17 | 0.28 | |
| Pneumonia | 51 (3.1) | 35 (2.4) | 86 (5.5) | 1.73 | 0.19 | |
| Parasitic | Helminthiasis | 67 (4.3) | 55 (3.5) | 122 (7.8) | 0.33 | 0.56 |
| Mange | 81 (5.2) | 67 (4.3) | 148 (9.5) | 0.35 | 0.05 | |
| Myiasis | 17 (1.1) | 24 (1.5) | 41 (2.6) | 2.02 | 0.16 | |
| Ectoparasitism | 74 (4.8) | 56 (3.5) | 130 (8.3) | 1.16 | 0.28 | |
| Sub-total | 455 (29.2) | 383 (24.6) | 838 (53.8) | |||
| Non-infectious | Lacerated wound | 79 (5.1) | 53 (3.4) | 132 (8.5) | 3.20 | 0.07 |
| Fracture | 52 (3.3) | 37 (2.4) | 89 (5.7) | 1.37 | 0.24 | |
| Dystocia | 0 (0.0) | 22 (1.4) | 22 (1.4) | 24.57 | 0.00 | |
| Abortion | 0 (0.0) | 16 (1.0) | 16 (1.0) | 17.80 | 0.00 | |
| Partial paralysis | 16 (1.1) | 12 (0.7) | 28 (1.8) | 0.26 | 0.61 | |
| Vit. deficiency | 35 (2.4) | 43 (2.6) | 78 (5.0) | 1.87 | 0.11 | |
| Sub-total | 182 (11.7) | 183 (11.8) | 365 (23.4) | |||
| Non-specific | Gastroenteritis | 36 (2.3) | 50 (3.2) | 86 (5.5) | 4.06 | 0.04 |
| Dermatitis | 21 (1.3) | 48 (3.1) | 69 (4.4) | 13.89 | 0.00 | |
| Arthritis | 12 (0.8) | 25 (1.6) | 37 (2.4) | 6.06 | 0.14 | |
| Orchitis | 55 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 55 (3.5) | 51.77 | 0.00 | |
| Otorrhoea | 5 (0.3) | 13 (0.8) | 18 (1.2) | 4.43 | 0.04 | |
| Alopecia | 36 (2.3) | 28 (1.8) | 64 (4.1) | 0.39 | 0.53 | |
| Poisoning | 14 (0.9) | 11 (0.7) | 25 (1.6) | 0.13 | 0.72 | |
| Sub-total | 179 (11.5) | 175 (11.2) | 354 (22.7) | |||
| Grand total | 816 (52.45) | 741 (47.55) | 1557 (100) | |||