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
4.3% 2.7% to 6.9% $691 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
3.4% 2% to 5.7% $691 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
2.3% 1.4% to 4% $691 typical -
Live UK Kennel Club registered dogs, owner reported
1.6% 0.62% to 4% $691 typical
1-year clinical
Share of dogs recorded with the condition in a single year of veterinary records.
Not a lifetime risk. A dog that develops this at age 9 is not counted in a year it was not diagnosed.
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1,913 Shar Pei under UK primary veterinary care
17.9% 16.2% to 19.6% $1,011 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
5.5% 2.9% to 10.2%
Where these figures come from
- VetCompass Shar Pei 2023 Grade A
Is it now time to iron out the wrinkles? Health of Shar Pei dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK. Canine Medicine and Genetics. 2023.
View source - 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.
View source