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Table 1 Population description

From: Countrywide serological evaluation of canine prevalence for Anaplasma spp., Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), Dirofilaria immitis and Ehrlichia canis in Mexico

Characteristic

Health status

Total population

Healthy dogs

CVBD-suspect dogs

Not known

Gender

    

 Male

486

392

23

901

 Female

442

322

17

781

 Not known

15

8

1

24

Age

    

 < 1 year

41

36

5

82

 ≥ 1 year

874

667

29

1570

 Not known

28

19

7

54

 Median age

4 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

IQR: 2–7

IQR: 3–8

IQR: 3–9

IQR: 3–8

Size

    

 Small (< 10 kg)

383

234

14

631

 Medium (10–25 kg)

103

121

2

226

 Large (> 25 kg)

304

200

18

522

 Not known

153

167

7

327

Lifestyle

    

 Indoors

269

166

12

447

 Outdoors

620

516

23

1159

 Not known

54

40

6

100

Tick contact

    

 Yes

627

602

29

1258

 No

268

68

5

341

 Not known

48

52

7

107

TTI prevention

    

 Yes

46

36

3

85

 No

890

676

27

1593

 Not known

7

10

11

28

MTI prevention

    

 Yes

43

42

0

85

 No

891

667

27

1585

 Not known

9

13

14

36

Travel history

    

 Yes

176

151

4

331

 No

763

569

33

1365

 Not known

4

2

4

10

  1. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, TTI tick-transmitted infections, MTI mosquito-transmitted infections