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Fig. 4

From: Effect of age, sex, and body size on the blood biochemistry and physiological constants of dogs from 4 wk. to > 52 wk. of age

Fig. 4

Values of the physiological constants at different stages of the dog’s life. Comparison of the mean (red line) (A) body temperature and (B) heart rate between groups of clinically healthy dogs of different ages: group I (n = 35, 4–8 wk), group II (n = 48, 9–24 wk), group III (n = 21, 25–52 wk), and group IV (n = 71, > 52 wk). Horizontal blue dotted lines represent the RIs for adult dogs with a 90% CI (see Table 1 for age-specific reference intervals). Means that do not share a letter are significantly different (p < 0.05)

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