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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: The effect of treatment with pimobendan in dogs with preclinical mitral valve disease – a placebo-controlled double-blinded crossover study

No.

Breed

Age

Sex

BW

HM

Group

1

Small Münsterländer

10.8

fn

19.8

I

AB

2

Golden Retriever

8.5

fn

34.5

I

BA

3

Mixed breed

11.1

mn

31.6

II

AB

4

Mixed breed

9.8

mn

16

I

AB

5

Mixed breed

7.7

fn

11.9

II

BA

6

Mixed breed

6.2

fn

6.8

I

AB

7

Jack Russell Terrier

13.5

mn

12

IV

AB

8

Jack Russell Terrier

12.4

mn

7.6

I

AB

9

Pekingese

6.2

mn

8.9

I

AB

10

Beagle

6.2

mn

18.8

IV

AB

11

Mixed breed

10.8

fn

26.6

I

BA

12

WHWT

12.9

fn

8.8

I

BA

13

Dachshund

9.9

fn

7.5

IV

BA

14

Jack Russell Terrier

15

fn

7.9

I

BA

15

Maltese

13.3

mn

8.4

III

BA

  1. No. number; Breed: WHWT West Highland White Terrier; Age: in years; Sex: fn female neutered, mn male neutered; BW body weight in kilogrammes; HM heart murmur graded on a scale of I-VI/VI according to the Levine murmur grading scale; Group sequence-group