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Table 1 Belgian Shepherd dogs with (Group A) or without upper gastrointestinal clinical signs (Group B) included in endoscopic study: clinical presentation, blood parameters and histopathological changes

From: Gastric mucosal pathology in Belgian Shepherd dogs with and without clinical signs of gastric disease

Patient no

Breed type

Age

Clinical presentation

Blood work

Histology

Dog, sex

  

CCECAI score

GER

WBC

CRP

Findings

MSS

Group A

        

642, M

Tervuren

9.9

6

14.8

29.1

 

1

644, Fn

Tervuren

10.1

2

6.6

8.8

A

2

645, Fn

Tervuren

11.6

3

7.2

14.7

 

2

646, M

Groenendael

11.2

3

5.6

9.6

A, M, D

1

647, Fn

Tervuren

10.1

1

6.3

15.3

M, D, U-GC

2

649, F

Tervuren

7.9

2

6.3

8.2

A

2

650, M

Groenendael

10.6

3

6.5

7.4

A

2

652, Mn

Tervuren

10.1

1

3.8

10.7

D

2

655, Fn

Groenendael

9.1

3

Yes

5.4

10.5

A

1

658, M

Tervuren

7.2

8

8.0

15.5

A, M, D, U-GC

2

664, Fn

Tervuren

10.4

1

5.1

5.9

A, D

2

677, F

Groenendael

8.3

6

Yes

5.4

24.4

A, D, U-GC

2

680, F

Tervuren

5.5

5

Yes

6.6

5.3

M, D

1

686, F

Tervuren

5.6

2

Yes

5.5

45.1

A, D

2

687, Fn

Groenendael

9.7

4

Yes

5.3

10.0

D

3

711, Fn

Groenendael

8.3

0

Yes

4.9

11.0

A, D, GC

2

Group B

        

641, M

Tervuren

10.8

0

9.7

9.4

A, M, D, GC

2

679, Fn

Tervuren

9.0

0

4.0

12.1

N

2

703, M

Tervuren

9.0

0

7.8

8.5

A

2

719, Fn

Tervuren

11.3

0

5.6

12.0

A

1

721, Fn

Tervuren

11.2

0

5.3

13.5

A, M, D, U-GC

1

722, M

Tervuren

11.2

0

7.6

6.5

A, M,D

3

723, M

Tervuren

11.0

0

7.0

6.8

A

1

724, F

Groenendael

7.6

0

4.9

9.4

A

1

747, F

Tervuren

8.2

0

5.4

8.7

A

1

749, Mn

Groenendael

8.3

0

5.6

8.3

A

0

750, Fn

Tervuren

10.1

0

5.6

8.4

A

2

  1. Age in years. M: male; F: female; n: neutered, CCECAI: canine chronic enteropathy clinical activity index, GER: signs referable to gastroesophageal reflux (gagging, eructation, smacking, licking lips and swallowing), WBC: total leucocyte count (reference range: 5.4–17.4 × 109/L), CRP: C-reactive protein in serum (reference value: < 10 mg/L), A: gastric mucosal atrophy; M: mucous metaplasia; D: glandular dysplasia; U-: ulcerated; GC: gastric carcinoma, N: normal histology, absence of pathological changes, MSS: mean severity score (0 = normal; 1 = mild; 2 = moderate; 3 = severe); average of four histopathological scores [31]: intraepithelial lymphocyte count and inflammatory infiltrations in lamina propria (lymphoplasmacytic, eosinophilic and neutrophilic)