Sentences with phrase «u.s. dog population»

The outbreak in the Midwest had been attributed to the H3N8 strain of virus, which was identified in the U.S. dog population in 2004 and has been circulating since.

During the last eight - year period (1991 - 98) that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied fatal attacks by breed, pit bulls were estimated at 1 percent of the U.S. dog population.

Another 6 % have been closely related «bully breeds,» including boxers, bull mastiffs, Rottweilers, Cane Corsos, Presa Canarios, Dogo Argentinos, Fila Brasilieros, and Sharpeis, who together account for 3.7 % of the U.S. dog population.

Of 5,363 dogs involved in fatal and disfiguring attacks, 3,968 (76 %) have been pit bulls, who make up 4.9 % of the U.S. dog population.

Today nearly 75 % of the U.S. dog population are sterilized.

The upper - end estimate of 287,000 dogs entering the United States annually (including companion animals in addition to those intended for resale) represents less than four - tenths of one percent of the U.S. dog population.

Because female puppies were often drowned at birth to prevent unwanted litters from being born later, the Trumbulls found in 1938 that unsterilized male dogs had come to make up nearly 90 % of the total U.S. dog population.

This is from a total U.S. dog population of approximately 60 million dogs.

Together, dogs of these breeds amount to 11 % of the U.S. dog population, but account for 77 % of the dog attack deaths and 88 % of the disfigurements.

Although today's pit bulls make up only about 1 percent of the U.S. dog population, they cause almost 90 percent of human deaths by dogs.

During the last eight - year period that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied fatal attacks by breed (1991 to 1998), pit bulls were estimated at 1 percent of the U.S. dog population.

Currently, with more than 70 % of the U.S. dog population sterilized, we are averaging about 35 dog attack fatalities per year, 30 of them by pit bulls.

From 1930 to 1960, when under 1 % of the U.S. dog population had been sterilized, the U.S. had 15 dog attack fatalities, nine by pit bulls, two by Dobermans.

With approximately 50 percent of the U.S. dog population composed of mixed breeds, it's a question many dog lovers hear.

Previously, canine influenza A H3N8 virus was identified in U.S. dog populations, although testing suggests the virus responsible for the recent Chicago outbreak is H3N2 similar to the Asian H3N2 virus detected in dogs in parts of Asia since 2007.

Not exact matches

Journalist Peter Heller's debut novel, The Dog Stars, follows Hig, a Cessna pilot who flies the lonely skies of the southwestern U.S. after a flu pandemic kills 99 percent of the world's population.

The Iowa town, with a population of about 9,874, received the most votes — a total of 133,545 votes — out of the 15 finalists in PetSafe's fourth - annual Bark for Your Park contest, which launched in May to award one U.S. community $ 100,000 and four runner - up communities $ 25,000 each to build a local dog park.

However, if we assume that the rate of dog ownership remains consistent as the U.S. population increases, based on the expected rate of growth, Cushing explained that we will need an additional seven million dogs by 2025.

Although there are no accurate or even near accurate census records for dogs in the U.S., in some populations pit bulls are estimated to comprise some 30 - 40 % of the dog population, making it a very popular breed.

Considering that there were an estimated 53,000,000 dogs in the U.S., and assuming that pit bulls make up 10 % of that population, there would be approximately 5.3 million pit bulls in our society.

According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, as much as 10 % of the population in the U.S. is allergic to dogs.

Wild animals are the only remaining risks in the U.S. Rabies vaccination programs for domestic animals like cats, dogs, and livestock have become the norm around the nation, which eliminated the threat from their populations.

Approximately 2 % of the U.S. population is bitten by dogs each year.

Almost 90 million dogs live in the U.S. and the population keeps growing.

With an estimated population of 70 million dogs living in U.S. homes, millions of people — most of them children — are bitten by canines annually.

The current domestic cat population in the U.S. was 81.7 million at the end of 2006, almost 10 million more than dogs.

The cat population in the U.S. outnumbers dogs by more than 10 million, making them... continue reading

The U.S. retained a large feral cat population long after street dogs disappeared, partly because cats are smaller than dogs, with smaller food requirements, and partly also because street dogs scavenge much more than hunt rodents, whereas feral cats hunt rodents much more than scavenge.

Winograd's «modest proposal» to restore the U.S. street dog population might be mistaken for satire, but the Huffington Post is not The Onion, albeit a not necessarily more reliable news source.

With an estimated population of 70 million dogs living in U.S. households, millions of people — most of them children — are bitten by dogs every year.

But promoting U.S. - style catch - and - kill street dog population control was a non-starter in heavily Buddhist Taiwan, especially since much of the U.S. had already moved away from the traditional catch - and - kill animal control model.

The first major survey of the U.S. street dog population that I am aware of, by Howard & Clara Trumbull in 1927, found that half of the dogs in the U.S. were still unowned and free - roaming.

Aggression in pets is managed, not cured Every year, about 1.5 percent of the U.S. population will be injured by an aggressive dog.

According to the 2017/2018 APPA National Pet Owners Survey, published by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, Inc., in 2016, approximately 84.6 million U.S. households reported owning a pet with an estimated pet population of 89.7 million dogs and 94.2 million cats.

I learned that T canis and T cati were a much greater threat than I had previously realized, with prevalence rates in dogs of up to 11 percent in the West.2 Knowing that roundworm infections can cause blindness and brain damage in people, and that sero - prevalence rates in the U.S. population are almost 14 percent, 3 I decided to make prevention a priority and documented my recommendations.

Trend data is added by conducting additional surveys, including counts of the shelter dog populations at representative shelters of all types around the U.S., and a survey by listed breed of dogs offered for sale or adoption in online classified ads.

If the average age of dogs in the U.S. is five years or younger, the cumulative survey data should now reflect all of the major post-2010 dog population trends.

A survey by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta («CDC») concluded that dogs bite nearly 2 % of the U.S. population — more than 4.7 million people annually.

The cat population in the U.S. is greater than the dog population, and it appears to be growing more rapidly in recent years.

«Evaluation of Yersinia pestis Transmission Pathways for Sylvatic Plague in Prairie Dog Populations in the Western U.S.,» EcoHealth, May 2016

It's reported that there are about 3.5 million homeless people living in the U.S. Pet's of the Homeless estimates, that approximately 5 % — 10 % of the homeless population have pets (that equates to about 175,000 — 350,000 homeless people having a dog and / or cat).

Today, 35 percent of dogs and cats in U.S. households are not spayed or neutered yet the procedure is one of the most effective ways to reduce the homeless pet population.

«Given the growing population of dogs in the U.S., this puts the number at roughly 26 million, based on the latest [American Pet Products Association] stats.»

Unfortunately, this could prove problematic for the continued growth of the pet population in the U.S., particularly when it comes to dogs.

70 million nice dogs... but any dog can bite With an estimated population of 70 million dogs living in U.S. households, millions of people — most of them children — are bitten...