Owner survey
Share of dogs whose owners reported the condition at one point in time.
Depends on owners noticing and recalling. Mild or resolved cases are undercounted.
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Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
4.8% 3% to 7.8% $3,525 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
2.7% 2.1% to 3.5% $3,525 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
1.8% 1.4% to 2.5% $3,525 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
1.4% 0.46% to 3.9% $3,525 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
1.1% 0.43% to 2.8% $3,525 typical
Lifetime, owner-reported
Share of dogs whose owners report the dog has ever had the condition.
Counts everything a dog has ever had, so it runs higher than a one-year rate and is not comparable with one.
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27,541 US companion dogs in the Dog Aging Project, owner reported
6.9% 5.8% to 8.2%
Where these figures come from
- Dog Aging Project breeds 2023 Grade B
Forsyth KK, McCoy BM, Schmid SM, Promislow DEL, Snyder-Mackler N, the DAP Consortium. Lifetime prevalence of owner-reported medical conditions in the 25 most common dog breeds in the Dog Aging Project pack. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2023;10:1140417.
View source - KC survey 2017 Grade C
Wiles BM, Llewellyn-Zaidi AM, Evans KM, O'Neill DG, Lewis TW. Large-scale survey to estimate the prevalence of disorders for 192 Kennel Club registered breeds. Canine Genetics and Epidemiology. 2017;4:8.
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