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Table 1 Signalment data for group 1a (IMHA), group 1b (anaemia, no IMHA), group 2 (microcytosis), group 3 (hyperlipidemia), group 4 (lymphoma), group 5 (infections) and group 6 (healthy)

From: The use of the rapid osmotic fragility test as an additional test to diagnose canine immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia

Group

Breeds

Sex

Age (years)

1a (n = 19)

Shih Tzu (n = 3), Belgian Shepherd (n = 3), Kuvasz (n = 1), Maltese Dog (n = 1), Great Dane (n = 1), American Cocker Spaniel (n = 1), Miniature Pincher (n = 1), Rottweiler (n = 1), Border Collie (n = 1), American Staffordshire Terrier (n = 1), Fox Terrier (n = 1), Labrador Retriever (n = 1), Jack Russell Terrier (n = 1), Dutch Partridge Dog (n = 1), mixed breed (n = 1)

F (n = 6)

4.9 ± 2.7 (0.5-10)

FN (n = 5)

M (n = 6)

MN (n = 2)

1b (n = 21)

Bernese Mountain Dog (n = 4), Jack Russell Terrier (n = 4), Belgian Shepherd (n = 2), mixed breed (n = 2), Maltese Dog (n = 2), Miniature Schnauzer (n = 2), Beagle (n = 1), Labrador Retriever (n = 1), Miniature Pincher (n = 1), Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (n = 1), Big Münsterländer (n = 1)

F (n = 6)

7.2 ± 4.3 (0.5-14)

FN (n = 5)

M (n = 8)

MN (n = 2)

2 (n = 8)

Labrador Retriever (n = 2), Doberman Pincher (n = 1), Jack Russell Terrier (n = 1), Maltese Dog (n = 1), Yorkshire Terrier (n = 1), mixed breed (n = 1), American Staffordshire Terrier (n = 1)

F (n = 2)

8.6 ± 3.5 (1–12)

FN (n = 2)

M (n = 3)

MN (n = 1)

3 (n = 13)

Mixed breed (n = 2), Yorkshire Terrier (n = 2), Jack Russell Terrier (n = 1), Boxer (n = 1), Fox Terrier (n = 1), Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (n = 1), Weimaraner (n = 1), English Cocker Spaniel (n = 1), Golden Retriever (n = 1), Newfoundlander (n = 1), Wolfspitz (n = 1)

F (n = 2)

9.3 ± 2.9 (3–13)

FN (n = 2)

M (n = 7)

MN (n = 2)

4 (n = 10)

Vizla (n = 1), Bernese Mountain Dog (n = 1), American Cocker Spaniel (n = 1), Fox Hound (n = 1), Dogo Argentino (n = 1), Golden Retriever (n = 1), Border Collie (n = 1), American Staffordshire Terrier (n = 1), Daschound (n = 1), Bouvier des Flandres (n = 1)

F (n = 2)

7.9 ± 2.4 (4–12)

FN (n = 2)

M (n = 4)

MN (n = 2)

5 (n = 8)

German Pointer (n = 1), Fila Brasileiro (n = 1), American Staffordshire Terrier (n = 1), Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (n = 1), Chow Chow (n = 1), Labrador Retriever (n = 1), Beauceron (n = 1), mixed breed (n = 1)

F (n = 4)

6.7 ± 3.8 (2–13)

M (n = 4)

6 (n = 13)

Mixed breed (n = 3), Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (n = 2), Maltese Dog (n = 2), Labrador Retriever (n = 2), Jack Russell Terrier (n = 1), Boxer (n = 1), Border Collie (n = 1), English Staffordshire Terrier (n = 1)

F (n = 5)

6.1 ± 3.5 (1–11)

FN (n = 1)

M (n = 4)

MN (n = 3)

  1. The data for age are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (range).
  2. F: female; FN: female neutered; M: male; MN: male neutered.