Abstract
The electrocardiogram (ECG) was collected from thirty healthy dogs raised in Taiwan by an ECG analyzer designed specifically for dogs and cats. It consists of three bipolar limb leads (I, II and III) and three augmented unipolar limb leads (aVR, aVL and aVF). All tested subjects were mixed-breed companion dogs in both sexes, 4.7 to 19.0 kg in body weight (BW), and with the age ranging from 1.3 to 8.0 years old. During recording, dogs were kept in right lateral recumbency without giving any chemical restraint. Prior to presenting these values, each set of data was validated by both normality test and descriptive statistics. Pearson correlation was also made based on the gender, BW, age and heart rate. In conclusion, the presented reference values were useful especially when the tested dogs were fitted in above categories.
