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Burmese

origin: Myanmar · 8 figures in the corpus · Q42573

Every figure below carries this breed's name or id in its source study -- grouped by what it measures, not ranked. A breed appearing under a study here does not mean every other breed was tested and came back negative; it means this is what has a named source so far. See each figure's own page for its caveats.

Longevity

14.42 years (life expectancy at age 0) verified

Burmese: years (life expectancy at age 0) (Teng KT, O'Neill DG, Brodbelt DC, Church DB, Pegram C)

  • Study sample n=45.
14.3 years (median age at death) verified

Burmese: years (median age at death) (O'Neill DG, Church DB, McGreevy PD, Thomson PC, Brodbelt DC)

  • Study sample n=31.

Causes of death

7.3 percent stillborn verified

Burmese: stillbirth rate, UK pedigree litters (Sparkes et al. 2006)

  • Study sample n=150 litters.
8.5 percentage points dead between birth and 8 weeks verified

Burmese: birth-to-8-week kitten mortality, UK pedigree litters (Sparkes et al. 2006)

  • Study sample n=150 litters.

Breeding

5.25 mean kittens per litter verified

Burmese: mean litter size (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=24 litters.
20.8 percent of litters by caesarean section verified

Burmese: caesarean-section rate (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=24 litters.
16.7 percent cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks verified

Burmese: cumulative kitten mortality to 12 weeks, stillbirths included (Cerna et al. 2024)

  • Study sample n=24 litters.

Category (FIFe)

3 FIFe category (1-4, coat/morphology grouping) verified

Burmese (BUR): FIFe Category 3

  • Category is a coat/morphology grouping FIFe itself uses, not a ranking (1=lowest number, 4=highest, no ordinal meaning).