Noncombat injury and illness prevalence and working score percentage quantify the impact on duty availability in US Army Special Operations military working dogs
Hailey E. Harroun-White,
Cynthia A. Facciolla,
Marc G. Knobbe
Abstract:OBJECTIVE
This cross-sectional study determined the 2-year period prevalence and quantified the impact on working status of noncombat injury and illness by a working score percentage (WSP) based on the number of duty days lost (DDL).
ANIMALS
126 dogs from 9 US Army Special Operations kennels.
METHODS
Dog injury and illness events between May 1, 2021, and April 30, 2023, were recorded to determine period prevalence and calculate a WSP metric to quantify loss of duty status.
RESULTS
93 health events occurr… Show more
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