TeamMate: a longitudinal study of New Zealand working farm dogs. I. Methods, population characteristics and health on enrolment

Table 1 Number and percentage of farms, owners and dogs stratified by terrain and type of stock present and combinations of stock present. Data were collected from 641 dogs, 126 dog owners and 116 farms that participated in TeamMate. Combinations of stock that were seen on fewer than 10 farms were combined and listed as ‘Other’. Percentages do not add up to 100% due to incomplete recording of data and because most properties, dog owners and dogs were associated with more than one type of stock

Property variables	Farms		Owners		Dogs
Property variables	n	% (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)
Terrain
Both flat and steep	61	53 (43–62)	70	56 (47–64)	350	55 (51–58)
Flat only	34	29 (21–38)	34	27 (19–35)	159	25 (21–28)
Steep only	20	17 (10–24)	21	17 (10–23)	18	18 (15–21)
Type of stock present
Sheep	111	96 (92–99)	121	96 (93–99)	16	96 (95–98)
Beef cattle	104	90 (84–95)	114	90 (85–96)	581	91 (88–93)
Dairy cattle (dry)	20	17 (10–24)	21	17 (10–23)	116	18 (15–21)
Deer	17	15 (8–21)	23	18 (12–25)	107	17 (14–20)
Other stock present	10	9 (4–14)	12	10 (4–15)	63	10 (8–12)
Combinations of stock
Sheep and beef cattle	74	64 (55–73)	78	62 (53–70)	400	62 (59–66)
Sheep, beef cattle and dairy cattle (dry)	13	11 (5–17)	13	10 (5–16)	75	12 (9–14)
Sheep, beef cattle and deer	10	9 (4–14)	15	12 (6–18)	66	10 (8–13)
Other combinations of stock	19	16 (10–23)	20	16 (9–22)	100	16 (13–18)

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