著者

島村 麻子

出版者

The Japan Society of Veterinary Epidemiology

雑誌

獣医疫学雑誌 (ISSN:13432583)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, no.1, pp.67-73, 2011

被引用文献数

1

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Anicom, the leading pet insurer in Japan started its operation 12 years ago, and currently holds almost 400,000 pet insurance policies in force. Insurance claim data could provide epidemiological information. We tried to investigate the prevalence of disease with analysis of the above data. All insurance claim data of 217,150 dogs (male 115,192 and female101,958) contracted with Anicom pet insurance from April 1 2008 to March 31 2009 were used for the research. The high incidence of insured dogs in Japan is 20.9% in Ear Diseases, 19.7% in Dermatologic Diseases, and 15.6%in Gastrointestinal Diseases. The incidence of foreign body ingestion was significantly different; 3.7% in puppies under one year of age, 2.2% in 1 year old, and under 1.4% in 3-10 years old. It is considered that the pet insurance data would provide the tendency of disease in dogs. Further, it will be required to develop effective sampling methods for more valuable data to research on the better treatments and prevention of animal diseases.