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Table 2 Organ systems and disease processes associated with the cause of death in Bernese mountain dogs

From: Life expectancy and causes of death in Bernese mountain dogs in Switzerland

Organ system

Disease process

Total

Degenerative

Immune-mediated

Inflammatory/ infectious

Metabolic/ toxic

Neoplastic

Symptomatic

Mechanical

Traumatic

Unknown

Haemolymphatic

0

4

0

1

41

5

0

0

0

51 (13.4 %)

Nervous

0

0

0

0

5

17

0

0

0

22 (5.8 %)

Cardiovascular

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

3 (0.8 %)

Endocrine

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2 (0.5 %)

Gastrointestinal

0

1

1

0

14

0

7

0

0

23 (6.0 %)

Musculoskeletal

16

0

0

0

21

0

0

0

0

37 (9.7 %)

Multiorgan

0

0

0

0

60

1

0

1

0

62 (16.3 %)

Other

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1 (0.3 %)

Respiratory

0

0

1

0

42

0

0

0

0

43 (11.3 %)

Urogenital

0

0

0

0

2

12

0

0

0

14 (3.7 %)

Unknown

0

0

0

0

34

0

0

0

89

123 (32.3 %)

Total

16 (4.2 %)

5 (1.3 %)

2 (0.5 %)

2 (0.5 %)

222 (58.3 %)

37 (9.7 %)

7 (1.8 %)

1 (0.3 %)

89 (23.4 %)

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