Table 4 Thresholds of birth weight used to create the four quartiles for each breed, and number of birth weight used to calculate the thresholds.

From: Composition and evolution of the gut microbiota of growing puppies is impacted by their birth weight

Birth weight category

LBW

NBW

HBW

Number of birth weights used to calculate thresholds

Breed

Q1 (g)

Q2 (g)

Q3 (g)

Q4 (g)

Australian shepherd

 < 325

325–378

378–426

 > 426

663

White swiss shepherd

 < 389

389–438

438–498

 > 498

249

Golden retriever

 < 336

336–382

382–425

 > 425

1094

Labrador retriever

 < 364

364–410

410–455

 > 455

713