Good Morning All!!
I have what I hope is a simple question. I thought I knew what all the
different ratings were for HD and ED and I'm finding out real fast that I
know very little.
What does HD Normal mean? OFA grades HD as either excellent, Good, Fair,
Borderline, Mild, Moderate, or Severe. However I have seen some breeders
post the HD grade for their dogs as Normal.
For elbows, is it general that most breeders will state their dogs are ED
clear if they are not graded? OFA will only grade ED if it is abnormal and
therefore will not give a grade for ED that shows no signs of ED.
Something else I just noticed looking at some of the pedigrees from Europe.
HD A and ED 0/0. That is probably the equivalent of HD Excellent and ED
clear here in the US. Question with regard to this. If you have a dog with
HD D and ED 0/0 would you consider that the equivalent of HD Borderling and
ED clear here in the US?
This is just really more for my education and trying to make sure I have
been reading the HD/ED on the pedigrees correctly. I think I have, but
somehow when I saw "Normal" I realized maybe I missed something.
For the benefit of some of the PPOs out there...what are your
recommendations to watch out for in terms of looking at HD/Ed on a pedigree.
If there is in a pedigree, 1 dog with HD - Moderate and all other HD Good
and Fair, should they discount that dog because of the HD Moderate in the
pedigree? Should they look for pedigrees with all Excellent, Fair, and
Good? Since the risk really is with the PPO who is looking for a puppy,
what would you caution them against? My hunch is to say, in the US, HD
Excellent, Good, and in Europe HD A and B. And of course Elbows clear in
the US and ED 0/0 in Europe.
I apologize ahead of time if this is a topic that has already been
discussed, and if so, please point me to the digest this is on and I can go
research it myself. :-)
Thanks,
Karyn Waugh
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