14.3
percent of euthanasia cases
verified
#1 recorded reason for euthanasia in UK dogs: Other
as of 2026-09-07 · license: CC-BY-4.0
- UK primary-care veterinary clinic population (VetCompass), 2016 only.
- 'Grouped-level disorder' is the study's own cause-of-death categorisation (a mix of diagnosis and clinical sign), not independently re-binned here.
Source
Springer Nature (Scientific Reports) — Pegram C, Gray C, Packer RMA, Richards Y, Church DB, Brodbelt DC, O'Neill DG (2021). Proportion and risk factors for death by euthanasia in dogs in the UK. Scientific Reports 11:9145. Table 1, 'Grouped-level disorder' rows.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-88342-0
retrieved 2026-09-07
Method
Quoted verbatim from the source above.