Table 2 Breed group, age, gender, weight, and diets of dogs included in the study
From: Investigating the prevalence of Salmonella in dogs within the Midlands region of the United Kingdom
Breed group | Number of dogs | Age (years) | Gender (no. of dogs) | Weight (Kg) | Diet | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commercial | Home prepared | C&H | |||||||||||||
Range | Median | F | Fn | M | Mn | Range | Median | Wet | Dry | Mixed | Cooked | Raw | |||
Gundog | 155 | 0.5-14 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 21 | 59 | 6-39 | 25 | 18 | 66 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Hound | 68 | 2-15 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 4-32 | 22 | 1 | 44 | 22 | - | 1 | - |
Pastoral | 68 | 1-16 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 13-38 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 9 | - | - |
Terrier | 39 | 0.4-12 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3-28.5 | 15.5 | 2 | 13 | 24 | - | - | - |
Toy | 9 | 1-6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2-7 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - |
Utility | 64 | 0.3-13.6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 27 | 8-36.3 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 23 | Â | Â | Â |
Working | 14 | 3-8.1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 32-48 | 32 | Â | 1 | 8 | 3 | - | 2 |
Cross Breeds | 19 | 1.6-14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13-39.1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 3 |
Total | 436 | 0.3-16 | 4.5 | 134 | 75 | 59 | 168 | 2-48 | 19 | 41 | 171 | 194 | 22 | 2 | 6 |