Table 1 Breed, age, gender and hair coat color of dogs included in the study
Breed | number of dogs | Age1 [years] | Gender [number of dogs] | hair coat color | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Range | Median | f | fs | m | mn | Â |
Bernese Mountain Dogs | 160 | 1–11 | 4 | 94 | 21 | 35 | 10 | dark |
Landseer | 28 | 1–12 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | fair |
Newfoundland | 12 | 3–8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | dark |
Flat-coated Retriever | 8 | 1–7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | dark |
Golden Retriever | 3 | 1–5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | fair |
Saint Bernard | 2 | 2/5 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | fair |
Belgian Sheppard | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | fair |
Mastin de los Pirineos | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | fair |
Tibetan Mastiff | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | fair |
Mixed breed dogs | 6 | 2–8 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 fair, 1 dark |
Control dogs total | 62 | 1–12 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 41 fair, 21 dark |