Effects of Bee Venom Injections at Acupoints on Neurologic Dysfunction Induced by Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disc Disorders in Canines: A Randomized, Controlled Prospective Study

Table 1

Basic comparison in control and experimental groups.

	Control	Experimental	value
	( = 17)	( = 19)
Gender			0.342
Male	13 (68.4%)	9 (52.9%)
Female	6 (31.6%)	8 (47.1%)
Age (y)	6.52 ± 1.68	6.59 ± 1.69	0.898
Weight (kg)	6.95 ± 4.92	7.78 ± 3.48	0.570
MSS grade			0.896
1	2 (10.5%)	1 (5.9%)
2	5 (26.3%)	4 (23.5%)
3	2 (10.5%)	4 (23.5%)
4	3 (15.8%)	3 (17.6%)
5	7 (36.8%)	5 (29.4%)

MSS grade: grade of myelopathy scoring system.