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Table 3 Owner-derived clinical sign scores for 10 syringomyelia (SM)-affected CKCS enrolled on or after January 1, 2017. Patient number corresponds to the number listed in Tables 1 and 2

From: Mechanical quantitative sensory testing in cavalier King Charles spaniels with and without syringomyelia

Patient

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Compulsive scratching

2

4

4

3

3

3

3

2

3

2

Facial rubbing

1

1

3

3

3

3

4

1

2

2

Hypersensitivity to light touch

2

0

4

3

3

2

1

3

2

0

Unexplained yelping

3

0

2

0

2

1

4

0

2

1

Not willing to lift head

2

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

2

1

Not willing to bend neck to eat

2

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

0

Weakness or ataxia

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

Strange behaviors

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Reluctance to defecate

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sleep with head elevated

1

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

3

2

Composite Score

1.6

0.5

1.5

1.2

1.4

0.9

1.4

0.7

1.8

0.8

  1. 0: never; 1: seldom, 2: sometimes; 3: usually; 4: always