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Table 1 Exposure variables against microbial result. Frequency table representing the variables of gender, sterilisation status, breed type, age, body condition, PCV and platelet count against Anaplasma platys, Babesia vogeli, Candidatus M. haematoparvum and Mycoplasma haemocanis qPCR positive results, and seropositivity to C. burnetii, Bartonella spp. and Brucella spp.

From: Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases of dogs in North-west New South Wales and the Northern Territory, Australia

Variables

Category

A. platys positive

n = 26

B. vogeli positive

n = 7

Candidatus M. haemato-parvum

n = 10

Mycoplasma haemocanis

n = 14

C. burnetii Ph I/II positive

n = 4 (1 NT;3 NW-NSW)

Bartonella spp. Positive

n = 0

Brucella positive

n = 0

Total

n = 96

Gender

Male

12 (23%)

4 (8%)

6 (12%)

8 (15%)

1 (2%)

0

0

52

Female

14 (32%)

3 (7%)

4 (9%)

6 (14%)

3 (7%)

0

0

44

Entire/Desexed

Entire

24 (35%)

6 (9%)

9 (13%)

8 (12%)

2 (3%)

0

0

68

Neutered

1 (10%)

0

1 (10%)

2 (20%)

1 (10%)

0

0

10

Breed type

Purebred small

0

0

0

1 (20%)

0

0

0

5

Purebred medium

1 (5%)

1 (5%)

3 (14%)

5 (23%)

2 (9%)

0

0

22

Purebred large

0

0

1 (17%)

2 (33%)

0

0

0

6

Crossbred

25 (40%)

6 (10%)

6 (10%)

6 (10%)

2 (3%)

0

0

63

Age

0–1 year

11 65

4 (24%)

1 (6%)

2 (12%)

1 (6%)

0

0

17

1–2.5 years

2 (12%)

1 (6%)

2 (12%)

2 (12%)

 

0

0

17

2.5–6 years

12 (36%)

0

4 (12%)

2 (6%)

1 (3%)

0

0

33

> 6 years

0

0

3 (43%)

4 (57%)

 

0

0

7

Body condition

Excellent

0

0

0

1 (50%)

0

0

0

2

Good

3 (9%)

2 (6%)

2 (6%)

6 (19%)

2 (6%)

0

0

31

Fair

23 (46%)

5 (10%)

6 (12%)

6 (12%)

1 (2%)

0

0

50

Lactating

0

0

0

0

1 (100%)

0

0

1

PCV

Normal

17 (20%)

3 (4%)

10 (12%)

14 (17%)

4 (5%)

0

0

83

Anaemia

9 (69%)

4 (31%)

0

0

0

0

0

13

Platelet count

Normal

15 (19%)

4 (5%)

10 (12%)

13 (16%)

4 (5%)

0

0

81

Thrombo-cytopenia

11 (73%)

3 (20%)

0

1 (7%)

0

0

0

15