Research Focus: How long will this dog live? Going beyond average life expectancy, Dan O’Neill

Research Focus: How long will this dog live? Going beyond average life expectancy, Dan O’Neill

Author: RCVS Knowledge July 14, 2022 Duration: 31:13
In our podcast series 'Research Focus', Sally Everitt, our inFOCUS Clinical Lead, will be chatting all about veterinary clinical research with a range of excellent guests. In this episode, Dan O'Neill talked to Sally about new research on dog life expectancy and mortality, using VetCompass data, broken down by age, sex and breed. The research gives a novel insight into the varied life trajectory across dogs, while identifying potential impacts and applications on canine health and welfare, as well as owner and veterinary professionals' understanding.  Read the paper. Download the life tables infographic. Read more VetCompass publications. Read the podcast transcript. Reference: Teng, K.T.Y., Brodbelt, D.C., Pegram, C., Church, D.B. and O’Neill, D.G., 2022. Life tables of annual life expectancy and mortality for companion dogs in the United Kingdom. Scientific reports, 12(1), pp.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10341-6   

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