Table 1.

Distribution of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from canine specimens submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in Tennessee, USA (2006–2017)

Variable	Category	Number	Percentage	p-value*
Specimen Site				<  0.0001
	Ear	1310/7804	16.8
	Joint/bone	354/7804	4.5
	Mucosa	122/7804	1.6
	Skin	4387/7804	56.2
	Urine/bladder	1041/7804	13.3
	Other	590/7804	7.6
Age				<  0.0001
	<  3 years	639/4785	13.4
	3 ⎯ < 6 years	1046/4785	21.9
	6 ⎯ < 9 years	1309/4785	27.4
	9 ⎯ < 12 years	1171/4785	24.5
	≥ 12 years	620/4785	13.0
Sex				0.0098
	Female	305/5989	5.1
	Female spayed	2752/5989	46.0
	Male	629/5989	10.5
	Male castrated	2303/5989	38.5
Breed				<  0.0001
	Herding	492/5864	8.4
	Hound	404/5864	6.9
	Mixed	1129/5864	19.3
	Non-sporting	559/5864	9.5
	Sporting	1186/5864	20.2
	Terrier	540/5864	9.2
	Toy	890/5864	15.2
	Working	649/5864	11.1
	Other	15/5864	0.3
Patient Type				<  0.0001
	Clinical	3149/7705	40.9
	Referral	4556/7705	59.1

*p-value is for Chi-square test