Canine neonatal mortality in four large breeds

Table 1 Loss of puppies from birth until 21 days of age in four breeds with a total of 98 litters (l) and 744 born puppies (n): Irish wolfhound (l = 16, n = 121), Leonberger (l = 30, n = 254), Labrador retriever (l = 21, n = 173) and Newfoundland (l = 31, n = 196).

Age at death	Dead puppies n	Dead puppies per litter $x ¯ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xH8viVGI8Gi=hEeeu0xXdbba9frFj0xb9qqpG0dXdb9aspeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGafmiEaGNbaebaaaa@2D64@$	Mortality %	Mortality of live born puppies %
Stillborn	81	0.82	10.9
0–3 days	29	0.30	3.8	4.4
4–7 days	9	0.09	1.2	1.3
8–14 days	6	0.06	0.8	0.9
15–21 days	2	0.02	0.2	0.3
Sum	127	1.29	16.9	6.9

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