Table 1 Population characteristics. Distribution of demographical variables of 598 euthanised unowned unsocialised domestic cats sampled in Denmark in 2019, stratified into cats with low or normal-high body condition score
Variables | Categories | Body condition score | |
|---|---|---|---|
Normal-high | Low | ||
Region | The North Denmark Region | 84 (86%) | 14 (14%) |
Central Denmark Region | 114 (90%) | 13 (10%) | |
The Region of Southern Denmark | 136 (84%) | 26 (16%) | |
Region Zealand | 153 (912%) | 14 (8%) | |
The Capital Region of Denmark | 42 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
Missing information | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | |
Season | Spring/summer | 160 (80%) | 41 (20%) |
Summer/autumn | 265 (93%) | 21 (7%) | |
Winter/spring | 105 (95%) | 6 (5%) | |
Age-group | Juvenile | 111 (99%) | 1 (1%) |
Adult | 419 (86%) | 67 (14%) | |
Reproductive status | Female, intact, non-pregnant | 171 (92%) | 14 (8%) |
Female, pregnant | 68 (85%) | 12 (15%) | |
Female, neutered | 33 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
Male, intact | 236 (85%) | 42 (15%) | |
Male, neutered | 22 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
Total | 530 (89%) | 68 (11%) | |