> I'd like some input regarding evaluating the hips of puppies. Has anyone > done Penn Hip or OFA xrays at 5 or 6 months and your opinion of the accuracy > of predicting hip dysplasia. > thank you,
I've done several PennHIPs at a young age and OFA's later. Absolutely NO correlation whatsoever as to whether or not HD will develop or 2 year rating of hips in a particular dog. However I do believe that if the information is used properly, over time you will more than likely see overall improvement in the hips of future babies. Hard to use the information properly at this point in time as very few dogs are PennHIP'd! I pretty much gave up on it because I think that although the information garnered is important--it is not useable just yet. Laura Lang Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
