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RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages 35-38Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.09.003
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leishmaniosis; dog; sex; age; breed; epidemiology
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Our study of a large canine population investigated whether the development of symptomatic canine leishmaniosis revealed any predilection for sex, age, or breed. Included in the study were 390 leishmaniosis-affected dogs that had been treated at the Hospital Clinic Veterinari attached to the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Of the diseased dogs, 238 were male (61%) and 152 were females (39%), whereas percentages for males and females in the overall reference population of dogs treated at this unit were 53% and 47%, respectively, (P < 0.05). Age distribution was bimodal, with the highest prevalence of the disease occurring at 2-4 years of age and a secondary peak occurring at seven years or over. The over represented breeds were the German shepherd (13.6% versus 6.35%, P < 0.001), the Rottweiler (13.1% versus 3.0%, P < 0.001), and the Boxer (7.9% versus 4.7%, P = 0.002), whereas the underrepresented breeds were the Yorkshire terrier (0.5% versus 6.5%, P < 0.001), and the Poodle (0.3% versus 3.0%, P < 0.001). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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