The age, breed and sex pattern of diagnosis for veterinary care in insured cats in Japan

Isomura, Ren; Yamazaki, Masahito; Inoue, Mai; Kwan, Nigel C. L.; Matsuda, Manabu; Sugiura, Katsuaki

doi:10.1111/jsap.12617

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“…The study population comprised 488,472 dogs that were covered by pet insurance from In 2016, the most common diagnoses were otitis externa (IR = 34.12 events per 1,000 DYAR) ( 20 speculated that the estimated prevalence of injuries in insured Japanese cats was lower than for insured cats in Sweden and England because 94% of Japanese cats are kept indoors and thus subject to less trauma. If the same is true for Japanese dogs, this might explain a lower occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders compared to dogs in Australia, where an estimated 86% of dogs have access to the outdoors, and 20% are kept exclusively outdoors.…”

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“…14,[16][17][18][19] Pet insurance data allow researchers to obtain large sample populations without the need for primary data collection or utilisation of EPRs from different veterinary clinics. 4,15,20,21 In contrast to EPRswhich provide information on the population presenting for veterinary carepet insurance data also provides information about the background population from the start of insurance enrolment until termination of cover regardless of whether insured animals are seen by a veterinarian or not. 15 Information about the healthy insured dog population (such as age, breed and gender) is collected and stored within the pet insurance database.…”

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Incidence of presenting complaints and diagnoses in insured Australian dogs

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Knowledge of the most common presenting complaints and diagnoses in companion animals is valuable in preparing veterinary students and veterinarians to manage the most frequently observed conditions in clinical practice. Pet insurance databases provide access to large sample populations and have been previously used to describe disease incidence in companion animals. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of presenting complaints and diagnoses in insured Australian dogs through the use of a pet insurance database. Analysis of a de‐identified dataset containing pet insurance claims associated with presenting complaints and diagnoses from 488,472 insured Australian dogs insured in the years 2016 and 2017, was performed. Annual incidence rates of presenting complaints and diagnoses were calculated and expressed as, number of events per 1,000 dog years at risk. The presenting complaints with the highest incidence were vomiting (14.21 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2016, 15.80 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2017) and pruritus (8.79 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2016, 10.30 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2017). Presenting complaints affecting the gastrointestinal system were the most common (19.20 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2016, 20.77 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2017). The diagnoses with the highest incidence were otitis externa (34.12 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2016, 34.82 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2017) and dermatitis (28.05 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2016, 29.99 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2017). Diagnoses affecting the integument were the most common (216.56 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2016, 219.06 events per 1,000 dog years at risk in 2017). The results from this study can aid in the design of relevant veterinary curricula and may be helpful in prioritising research on common clinical conditions.

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Incidence of presenting complaints and diagnoses in insured Australian dogs

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“…First, the longer the lifespan, the greater the frequency of health conditions that characteristically occur in old age, and all of the four health conditions in question are associated with old age. 65 Although neoplasia and diabetes mellitus are agerelated, which seems to align with this explanation, both conditions substantially decrease longevity in cats. [70][71][72][73] Second, cats without any of the four health conditions might be brought to the veterinarians for other, more severe, conditions.…”

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Strong associations of nine-point body condition scoring with survival and lifespan in cats

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McGreevy

Toribio

et al. 2018

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

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“…A factor that might be relevant to this is the association of age with susceptibility to different types of diseases, including acute or chronic, easily treatable or life-threatening. For example, risk of serious viral diseases such as feline infectious peritonitis is higher in younger cats (60), while diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and feline lymphoma are associated with old age (61)(62)(63). Finally, the same limitations mentioned above of using median BCS in dogs apply to cats.…”

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Life expectancy tables for dogs and cats derived from clinical data

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Morrison²,

Arrignon

et al. 2023

Front. Vet. Sci.

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There are few recent and methodologically robust life expectancy (LE) tables for dogs or cats. This study aimed to generate LE tables for these species with clinical records from >1,000 Banfield Pet hospitals in the USA. Using Sullivan's method, LE tables were generated across survey years 2013–2019, by survey year, and for subpopulations defined by sex, adult body size group (purebred dogs only: toy, small, medium, large and giant), and median body condition score (BCS) over life. The deceased population for each survey year comprised animals with a recorded date of death in that year; survivors had no death date in that year and were confirmed living by a veterinary visit in a subsequent year. The dataset totaled 13,292,929 unique dogs and 2,390,078 unique cats. LE at birth (LEbirth) was 12.69 years (95% CI: 12.68–12.70) for all dogs, 12.71 years (12.67–12.76) for mixed-breed dogs, 11.18 years (11.16–11.20) for cats, and 11.12 (11.09–11.14) for mixed-breed cats. LEbirth increased with decreasing dog size group and increasing survey year 2013 to 2018 for all dog size groups and cats. Female dogs and cats had significantly higher LEbirth than males: 12.76 years (12.75–12.77) vs. 12.63 years (12.62–12.64), and 11.68 years (11.65–11.71) vs. 10.72 years (10.68–10.75), respectively. Obese dogs (BCS 5/5) had a significantly lower LEbirth [11.71 years (11.66–11.77)] than overweight dogs (BCS 4/5) [13.14 years (13.12–13.16)] and dogs with ideal BCS 3/5 [13.18 years (13.16–13.19)]. The LEbirth of cats with BCS 4/5 [13.67 years (13.62–13.71)] was significantly higher than cats with BCS 5/5 [12.56 years (12.45–12.66)] or BCS 3/5 [12.18 years (12.14–12.21)]. These LE tables provide valuable information for veterinarians and pet owners and a foundation for research hypotheses, as well as being a stepping-stone to disease-associated LE tables.

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The age, breed and sex pattern of diagnosis for veterinary care in insured cats in Japan

Abstract: The findings can be used to increase awareness of patterns of health disorders in different categories of cat.

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Incidence of presenting complaints and diagnoses in insured Australian dogs

Incidence of presenting complaints and diagnoses in insured Australian dogs

Strong associations of nine-point body condition scoring with survival and lifespan in cats

Life expectancy tables for dogs and cats derived from clinical data

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