Lifespan of companion dogs seen in three independent primary care veterinary clinics in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The privately owned companion dog is an emerging model in comparative medicine, notably because it shares the human environment including its risk factors, is affected by many analogous age-related diseases, receives comparable medical care, and has excellent veterinary medical data available.Past studies of dog lifespan have used academic, corporate or insurance data. While independent primary care data exist for the UK, none have as of yet been published for the US. This study analyzed data from three independent primary care US veterinary hospitals and identified factors that influence lifespan and mortality in a cohort of n = 20,970 privately owned dogs using Kaplan-Meier survival estimators and Cox Proportional Hazards modelling, including body size as a cova

SUBMITTER: Urfer SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7386164 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature