The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication

The number of sick dogs diagnosed with and without gastroenteritis presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital situated north of Pretoria is reported from counts extracted from the records of the Outpatients clinic for 6 years, 1988 to 1993. The average percentage of sick dogs diagno...

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Main Author: A.S. Shakespeare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1999-07-01
Series:Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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Online Access:https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/762
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spelling doaj-fdbeeec8a26742e3b61c5d1b34d979022020-11-24T21:00:24ZengAOSISJournal of the South African Veterinary Association1019-91282224-94351999-07-01702959710.4102/jsava.v70i2.762700The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communicationA.S. ShakespeareThe number of sick dogs diagnosed with and without gastroenteritis presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital situated north of Pretoria is reported from counts extracted from the records of the Outpatients clinic for 6 years, 1988 to 1993. The average percentage of sick dogs diagnosed with gastroenteritis was 11.51 % and the average percentage of sick dogs that were admitted to the parvovirus isolation hospital ward was 2.8 %. A strong correlation exists between the number of dogs admitted to the parvovirus ward and average monthly wind speed and inverse humidity values.https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/762Canine ParvovirusGastroenteritisHumidityIncidenceWind Speed
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The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
Canine Parvovirus
Gastroenteritis
Humidity
Incidence
Wind Speed
author_facet A.S. Shakespeare
author_sort A.S. Shakespeare
title The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
title_short The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
title_full The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
title_fullStr The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
title_full_unstemmed The incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
title_sort incidence of gastroenteritis diagnosis among sick dogs presented to the onderstepoort veterinary academic hospital correlated with meteorological data : research communication
publisher AOSIS
series Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
issn 1019-9128
2224-9435
publishDate 1999-07-01
description The number of sick dogs diagnosed with and without gastroenteritis presented to the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital situated north of Pretoria is reported from counts extracted from the records of the Outpatients clinic for 6 years, 1988 to 1993. The average percentage of sick dogs diagnosed with gastroenteritis was 11.51 % and the average percentage of sick dogs that were admitted to the parvovirus isolation hospital ward was 2.8 %. A strong correlation exists between the number of dogs admitted to the parvovirus ward and average monthly wind speed and inverse humidity values.
topic Canine Parvovirus
Gastroenteritis
Humidity
Incidence
Wind Speed
url https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/762
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