HI Myra, I copied the below from OFA's site. You might
want to have your boy re-evaluated easpecially since
dysplasia was only diagnosed in one side. My
understanding is that when only one side is affected it can
also be attributed to an injury.
Mild Canine Hip Dysplasia (Figure 5): there is significant
subluxation present where the hip ball is partially out of the hip
socket causing an incongruent increased joint space. The hip
socket is usually shallow only partially covering the hip ball.
There are usually no arthritic changes present with this
classification and if the dog is young (24 to 30 months of age),
there is an option to resubmit an x-ray when the dog is older so
it can be re-evaluated a second time. Most dogs will remain
dysplastic showing progression of the disease with early
arthritic changes. There are a few dogs however, that show
improved hip conformation with increasing age. Since HD is a
chronic, progressive disease, the older the dog, the more
accurate the diagnosis of HD (or lack of HD). At 2 years of
age, the reliability for a radiographic diagnosis of HD is 95%
and as the dog ages, the reliability steadily increases.
Radiographs should definitely be resubmitted if they were taken
during times of known environmental effects such as physical
inactivity and high estrogen levels during or around the time of
a heat cycle which could lead to a "false" diagnosis of mild hip
dysplasia.
Take care, Jackie
On 7 Apr 2002 at 1:39, Myra Savant wrote:
> I do prelims at a year. The OFA site only posts permanent results. I
> was quite surprised to have one boy who received an OFA good on his
> prelim at 11 months, fail to pass his OFA at 28 months with "mild
> dysplasia" in one hip. All of the others have remained the same. I
> just had two others done, so those results are pending. The reason I
> do a prelim is so that I don't invest a large amount of time and money
> finishing a dog who will then fail his OFA. Myra
>
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> >From: Kathy Yonkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Subject: [CKCS-L] Hip radiographs
> >Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 20:36:13 -0400
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> >How many on the list do both prelims and permanentradiographic hip
> >analysis of their CKCSs??? I believe the prelims reports are not
> >posted on the OFA website...I wonder why??? Did you find a strong
> >correlation of both reports in your CKCSs???
> >
> >Just wondering what everyone experience has been...
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> >Take care,
> >Kathy Yonkers
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