Table 1 Inconsistent documentation of auscultation findings in 271 dogs with a cardiac murmur in two medical documents issued by the referring veterinarians: the medical record and the health certificate section of the pet passport

Included dogs

n  =  271

Only medical record was available

Both medical record and pet passport were available

Only pet passport was available

Both medical record and pet passport were unavailable

n  =  185

n  =  78

n  =  1

n  =  7

Murmur was recorded

Murmur was not recorded

Murmur was recorded only in pet passport

Murmur was recorded only in medical record

Murmur was recorded in medical record and pet passport

Murmur was recorded neither in medical record nor in pet passport

Murmur was recorded in pet passport

Murmur was not recorded in pet passport

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n  =  173

n  =  12

n  =  1

n  =  26

n  =  49

n  =  2

n  =  0

n  =  1