Purebred vs Mixed Breed Dogs (Various)
Bonnett et al 2005
by Carol Beuchat PhD
Data from -
- Bonnett BN, A Egenvall, A Hedhammar & P Olson 2005 Mortality in over 350,000 insured Swedish dogs from 1995-2000: breed-, gender-, age-, and cause-specific rates. Acta Vet Scand 46 : 105-120.
This study represents data for 350,000 insured dogs in Sweden from 1995-2000. Proportional mortality was calculated by diagnostic categories for each breed as the number of deaths in each category divided by all deaths for that breed and expressed as a percentage.
"Common" in the graphs represents the combined data for the 10 most common breeds in the data (which as far as I can tell they did not specify).
"Common" in the graphs represents the combined data for the 10 most common breeds in the data (which as far as I can tell they did not specify).
