Table 3 Prevalence of the most common disorders at group-level diagnostic precision in English Cocker Spaniels (n = 2,318) under primary veterinary care at practices participating in the VetCompass™ Programme in the UK from January 1^st to December 31^st, 2016

Dental

518

22.35 (20.65–24.04)

24.62

20.49

0.020

6.88

Aural

319

13.76 (12.36–15.16)

13.41

14.05

0.701

5.72

Ophthalmologic

238

10.27 (9.03–11.50)

10.44

10.13

0.857

7.68

Obesity

229

9.88 (8.66–11.09)

12.55

7.69

< 0.001

5.69

Cutaneous

228

9.84 (8.62–11.05)

8.81

10.68

0.153

5.35

Enteropathy

223

9.62 (8.42–10.82)

8.62

10.44

0.159

3.46

Anal sac

206

8.89 (7.73–10.05)

9.39

8.48

0.489

4.73

Mass-associated

190

8.20 (7.08–9.31)

10.25

6.51

0.001

8.56

Musculoskeletal

171

7.38 (6.31–8.44)

7.18

7.54

0.809

6.75

Behavioural

142

6.13 (5.15–7.10)

4.60

7.38

0.007

3.72

Complication associated with clinical care

116

5.00 (4.12–5.89)

4.02

5.81

0.062

2.57

Neoplasia

105

4.53 (3.68–5.38)

5.27

3.92

0.148

9.13

Claw/nail

85

3.67 (2.90–4.43)

2.87

4.32

0.084

4.37

Parasitic

79

3.41 (2.67–4.15)

2.87

3.85

0.242

3.04

Traumatic injury

77

3.32 (2.59–4.05)

2.87

3.69

0.330

4.44

Upper respiratory tract

70

3.02 (2.32–3.72)

2.59

3.38

0.326

5.20

Foreign body

58

2.50 (1.87–3.14)

1.82

3.06

0.077

3.78

Cardiac

53

2.29 (1.68–2.89)

2.68

1.96

0.311

9.99

Female reproductive (females only)

50

2.16 (1.57–2.75)

4.79

-

-

3.72

Urinary

44

1.90 (1.34–2.45)

2.78

1.18

0.008

6.79