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TABLE 1 Military Working Dog and Injury Event Characteristics by Injury Category (N = 195)
Injury Prevention Category
Preventable &
Preventable & Potentially
Not Potentially Potentially Preventable
Enough Unpreventable Preventable Preventable Preventable Injuries That
Total Information Injury Injury Injury Injuries* Led to Death
Characteristic N = 195 n = 36 n = 58 n = 64 n = 37 n = 101 n = 6
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Age in years (mean, SD) 4.6 (1.8) 4.4 (0.2) 4.8 (0.3) 4.7 (0.2) 4.5 (0.3) 4.7 (0.2) 6.3 (1.0)
Sex
Male, intact (No., %) 124 (64%) 33 (92%) 37 (64%) 28 (44%) 26 (70%) 54 (53%) 4 (67%)
Male, castrated (No., %) 37 (19%) 0 (0%) 13 (22%) 20 (31%) 4 (11%) 24 (24%) 2 (33%)
Female, spayed (No., %) 34 (17%) 3 (8%) 8 (14%) 16 (25%) 7 (19%) 23 (23%) 0 (0%)
Dog breed
Belgian Malinois/Tervuren 90 (46%) 23 (64%) 30 (52%) 28 (44%) 9 (24%) 37 (37%) 1 (17%)
(No., %)
German Shepherd (No., %) 54 (28%) 3 (8%) 15 (26%) 23 (36%) 13 (35%) 36 (35%) 4 (67%)
Labrador Retriever (No., %) 38 (19%) 3 (8%) 8 (14%) 13 (20%) 14 (38%) 27 (27%) 0 (0%)
Dutch Shepherd (No., %) 6 (3%) 4 (11%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
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Other/Unknown (No., %) 7 (4%) 3 (8%) 3 (5%) 0 (0%) 1 (3%) 1 (1%) 1 (17%)
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Certification
Explosives Detection (No., %) 27 (14%) 1 (3%) 4 (7%) 9 (14%) 13 (35%) 22 (22%) 0 (0%)
Multipurpose Canine (No., %) 58 (30%) 30 (83%) 22 (38%) 5 (8%) 1 (3%) 6 (6%) 2 (33%)
Patrol/Explosives (No., %) 76 (39%) 1 (3%) 17 (29%) 39 (61%) 19 (51%) 58 (57%) 4 (67%)
Specialized Search (No., %) 11 (5%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 7 (11%) 3 (8%) 10 (10%) 0 (0%)
Other/Unknown (No., %) 23 (12%) 4 (11%) 14 (24%) 4 (6%) 1 (3%) 5 (5%) 0 (0%)
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SOF ¶
Yes (No., %) 58 (30%) 30 (83%) 22 (38%) 5 (8%) 1 (3%) 6 (6%) 2 (33%)
No (No., %) 132 (68%) 4 (11%) 33 (57%) 59 (92%) 36 (97%) 95 (94%) 4 (67%)
Unknown (No., %) 5 (2%) 2 (6%) 3 (5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Geographical location
Iraq (No., %) 83 (43%) 11 (31%) 11 (19%) 38 (59%) 23 (62%) 61 (60%) 3 (50%)
Afghanistan (No., %) 83 (43%) 22 (61%) 31 (53%) 18 (28%) 12 (32%) 30 (30%) 2 (33%)
CENTCOM** (No., %) 29 (14%) 3 (8%) 16 (28%) 8 (13%) 2 (5%) 10 (10%) 1 (17%)

Type of trauma
Blunt (No., %) 29 (15%) 1 (3%) 9 (16%) 14 (22%) 5 (14%) 19 (19%) 3 (50%)
Penetrating (No., %) 133 (68%) 24 (67%) 34 (59%) 45 (70%) 30 (81%) 75 (74%) 2 (33%)
Both Blunt and Penetrating 28 (14%) 11 (31%) 14 (24%) 1 (2%) 2 (5%) 3 (3%) 0 (0%)
(No., %)
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Other/Unknown (No., %) 5 (3%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 4 (6%) 0 (0%) 4 (4%) 1 (17%)
Mechanism of injury
Explosion (No., %) 43 (22%) 12 (33%) 24 (41%) 7 (11%) 0 (0%) 7 (7%) 0 (0%)
Gunshot Wound (No., %) 46 (23%) 23 (64%) 19 (33%) 3 (5%) 1 (3%) 4 (4%) 1 (17%)
Fall (No., %) 13 (7%) 0 (0%) 4 (7%) 7 (11%) 2 (5%) 9 (9%) 1 (17%)
Knife/Sharp Object (No., %) 47 (24%) 0 (0%) 4 (7%) 38 (59%) 5 (14%) 43 (43%) 1 (17%)
Animal Bite/Scratch (No., %) 30 (15%) 0 (0%) 3 (5%) 2 (3%) 25 (68%) 27 (27%) 0 (0%)
Other/Unknown (No., %) 16 (8%) 1 (3%) 4 (7%) 7 (11%) 4 (11%) 11 (11%) 3 (50%)
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Anatomical location
Extremities
Front Limb (No., %) 20 (10%) 1 (3%) 5 (9%) 9 (14%) 5 (14%) 14 (14%) 0 (0%)
Rear Limb/Tail (No., %) 23 (12%) 0 (0%) 16 (28%) 6 (9%) 1 (3%) 7 (7%) 1 (17%)
Paw (No., %) 32 (16%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 29 (45%) 3 (8%) 32 (31%) 0 (0%)
Unspecified Limb (No., %) 4 (2%) 1 (3%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (3%) 2 (2%) 0 (0%)
Head/Neck (No., %) 35 (18%) 2 (6%) 13 (22%) 3 (5%) 17 (46%) 20 (20%) 0 (0%)
Ear (No., %) 10 (5%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 7 (11%) 2 (5%) 9 (9%) 0 (0%)
Thorax (No., %) 17 (9%) 3 (8%) 5 (9%) 6 (9%) 3 (8%) 9 (9%) 4 (67%)
Two or More Sites (No., %) 17 (9%) 5 (14%) 10 (17%) 0 (0%) 2 (5%) 2 (2%) 1 (17%)
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Unknown (No., %) 37 (19%) 24 (67%) 7 (12%) 3 (5%) 3 (8%) 6 (6%) 0 (0%)
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