Table 4.
Proportional incidence of diseases in dog according to breed.
| Type of diseases | Diseases | Number of cases (Proportional incidence, %) |
Chi-square value | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | LR | GR | D | P | L | Total | ||||
| Viral | Parvovirosis | 30 (1.9) | 21 (1.3) | 12 (0.7) | 24 (1.6) | 8 (0.6) | 41 (2.6) | 136 (8.7) | 11.64 | 0.04 |
| Distemper | 8 (0.6) | 9 (0.6) | 6 (0.4) | 5 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 15 (0.9) | 45 (2.9) | 2.61 | 0.76 | |
| Bacterial | Salmonellosis | 13 (0.8) | 8 (0.6) | 4 (0.3) | 10 (0.6) | 8 (0.6) | 19 (1.1) | 62 (4.0) | 5.12 | 0.39 |
| Colibacillosis | 15 (0.9) | 11 (0.7) | 13 (0.8) | 9 (0.6) | 7 (0.6) | 13 (0.8) | 68 (4.4) | 3.87 | 0.56 | |
| Pneumonia | 12 (0.7) | 11 (0.7) | 7 (0.5) | 26 (1.7) | 14 (0.9) | 16 (1.0) | 86 (5.5) | 37.89 | 0.00 | |
| Parasitic | Helminthiasis | 19 (1.1) | 23 (1.5) | 20 (1.3) | 15 (0.9) | 17 (1.1) | 28 (1.9) | 122 (7.8) | 4.58 | 0.47 |
| Mange | 35 (2.3) | 27 (1.7) | 15 (0.9) | 12 (0.7) | 8 (0.6) | 51 (3.3) | 148 (9.5) | 15.57 | 0.00 | |
| Myiasis | 8 (0.6) | 5 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 5 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 17 (1.0) | 41 (2.6) | 5.73 | 0.33 | |
| Ectoparasitism | 21 (1.3) | 25 (1.6) | 17 (1.0) | 19 (1.1) | 9 (0.6) | 39 (2.7) | 130 (8.3) | 4.76 | 0.45 | |
| Sub-total | 161 (10.3) | 140 (9.0) | 98 (6.2) | 125 (8.0) | 75 (4.9) | 239 (15.0) | 838 (53.8) | |||
| Non-infectious | Lacerated wound | 26 (1.8) | 21 (1.3) | 19 (1.1) | 8 (0.6) | 6 (0.4) | 52 (3.3) | 132 (8.5) | 17.17 | 0.00 |
| Fracture | 18 (1.1) | 15 (0.9) | 12 (0.7) | 8 (0.6) | 10 (0.6) | 26 (1.8) | 89 (5.7) | 0.78 | 0.98 | |
| Dystocia | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 4 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 7 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | 22 (1.4) | 13.03 | 0.02 | |
| Abortion | 4 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (0.8) | 16 (1.0) | 22.07 | 0.00 | |
| Partial paralysis | 12 (0.8) | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (0.6) | 28 (1.8) | 14.30 | 0.01 | |
| Vit. deficiency | 19 (1.2) | 12 (0.7) | 17 (1.0) | 7 (0.6) | 13 (0.8) | 10 (0.6) | 78 (5.0) | 14.53 | 0.01 | |
| Sub-total | 83 (5.3) | 55 (3.5) | 55 (3.5) | 25 (1.7) | 36 (2.3) | 111 (7.1) | 365 (23.4) | |||
| Non-specific | Gastroenteritis | 12 (0.7) | 15 (0.9) | 10 (0.6) | 7 (0.6) | 27 (1.7) | 15 (1.0) | 86 (5.5) | 43.95 | 0.00 |
| Dermatitis | 12 (0.7) | 17 (1.0) | 13 (0.8) | 8 (0.6) | 4 (0.3) | 15 (1.0) | 69 (4.4) | 6.05 | 0.30 | |
| Arthritis | 7 (0.6) | 11 (0.7) | 9 (0.6) | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.3) | 37 (2.4) | 10.31 | 0.07 | |
| Orchitis | 10 (0.6) | 8 (0.6) | 5 (0.3) | 7 (0.6) | 8 (0.6) | 17 (0.8) | 55 (3.5) | 2.55 | 0.77 | |
| Otorrhoea | 2 (0.1) | 7 (0.5) | 8 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 18 (1.2) | 25.30 | 0.00 | |
| Alopecia | 19 (1.2) | 16 (1.0) | 9 (0.6) | 3 (0.2) | 5 (0.3) | 12 (0.8) | 64 (4.1) | 10.07 | 0.07 | |
| Poisoning | 6 (0.4) | 3 (0.2) | 5 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 6 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) | 25 (1.6) | 8.20 | 0.15 | |
| Sub-total | 68 (4.4) | 77 (4.9) | 59 (3.8) | 29 (1.9) | 52 (3.3) | 69 (4.4) | 354 (22.7) | |||
| Grand total | 312 (20.0) | 272 (17.5) | 212 (13.6) | 179 (11.5) | 163 (10.5) | 419 (26.9) | 1557 (100) | |||
GS- German Sheperd; LR- Labrador Retriever; GR- Golden Retriever; D- Doberman; P- Pomeranian; L- Local breed.