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Large-scale survey to estimate the prevalence of disorders for 192 Kennel Club registered breeds

Overview of attention for article published in Canine Medicine and Genetics, September 2017
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Title
Large-scale survey to estimate the prevalence of disorders for 192 Kennel Club registered breeds
Published in
Canine Medicine and Genetics, September 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40575-017-0047-3
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Authors

B. M. Wiles, A. M. Llewellyn-Zaidi, K.M. Evans, D. G. O’Neill, T. W. Lewis

Abstract

Pedigree or purebred dogs are often stated to have high prevalence of disorders which are commonly assumed to be a consequence of inbreeding and selection for exaggerated features. However, few studies empirically report and rank the prevalence of disorders across breeds although such data are of critical importance in the prioritisation of multiple health concerns, and to provide a baseline against which to explore changes over time. This paper reports an owner survey that gathered disorder information on Kennel Club registered pedigree dogs, regardless of whether these disorders received veterinary care. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of disorders among pedigree dogs overall and, where possible, determine any variation among breeds. This study included morbidity data on 43,005 live dogs registered with the Kennel Club. Just under two thirds of live dogs had no reported diseases/conditions. The most prevalent diseases/conditions overall were lipoma (4.3%; 95% confidence interval 4.13-4.52%), skin (cutaneous) cyst (3.1%; 2.94-3.27%) and hypersensitivity (allergic) skin disorder (2.7%; 2.52-2.82%). For the most common disorders in the most represented breeds, 90 significant differences between the within breed prevalence and the overall prevalence are reported. The results from this study have added vital epidemiological data on disorders in UK dogs. It is anticipated that these results will contribute to the forthcoming Breed Health & Conservation Plans, a Kennel Club initiative aiming to assist in the identification and prioritisation of breeding selection objectives for health and provide advice to breeders/owners regarding steps that may be taken to minimise the risk of the disease/disorders. Future breed-specific studies are recommended to report more precise prevalence estimates within more breeds.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 98 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 17 17%
Student > Master 14 14%
Researcher 11 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 9%
Other 7 7%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 29 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 38 39%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 2%
Other 5 5%
Unknown 32 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 May 2019.
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