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Classification of dogs (number of dogs)
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Median of serum EU (min–max)a
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Median of OT EU (min–max)a
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Total of dogs (407)
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17.7 (0–300)
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14.9 (0–300)
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Sex
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Female (209)
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22.3 (0–300)
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13.8 (0–300)
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Male (198)
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15.9 (0–300)
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15.8 (0–300)
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Ageb
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Young (79)
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11.0 (1.8–300)c
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9.9 (0–250.5)f
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Adult (267)
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22.3 (0–300)c
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18.1 (0–300)f
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Breed
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Purebred (190)
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16.9 (0–300)
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16.0 (0–300)
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Mixed breed (217)
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18.2 (0–300)
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13.6 (0–300)
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Geographical location
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Asturias (47)
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3.7 (0–7.4)d
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8.6 (0.2–39.9)g
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Barcelona (110)
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11.4 (2.7–300)d
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12.0 (0.2–300)g
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Cádiz (54)
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6.3 (0–300)d
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4.1 (0–300)g
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Mallorca (94)
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25.3 (3.2–300)d
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14.7 (2.2–166.5)g
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Clinical status
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Sick (41)
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300.0 (39.3–300)e
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111.7 (11.6–300)h
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Apparently healthy (366)
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12.8 (0–300)e
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12.9 (0–300)h
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Serological status
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Negative (258)
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7.0 (0–34.7)
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9.7 (0–76.4)
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Low positive (83)
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59.2 (35–142.9)
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38.1 (0–166.5)
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Medium positive (40)
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210.4 (150.4–291.8)
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80.4 (0–300)
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High positive (26)
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300.0 (300)
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160.9 (28.5–300)
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Total positives (149)
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132.8 (35–300)
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59.2 (0–300)
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- EU ELISA units, OT oral transudate, max maximum, min minimum
- aSamples with a value of 300 EU may actually be higher as the spectrophotometer is only able to read up to 3 units of optical density
- bAge was not recorded in 61 dogs
- cMann–Whitney test: U = 12,389, n1 = 267, n2 = 79, P = 0.018
- dKruskal–Wallis H-test: χ2 = 99.2, df = 3, P < 0.0001
- eMann–Whitney test: U = 829, n1 = 366, n2 = 41, P < 0.0001
- fMann–Whitney test: U = 12,863, n1 = 267, n2 = 79, P = 0.003
- gKruskal–Wallis H-test: χ2 = 38.7, df = 3, P < 0.0001
- hMann–Whitney test: U = 1461, n1 = 366, n2 = 41, P < 0.0001
