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Monitoring Hip and Elbow Dysplasia achieved modest genetic improvement of 74 dog breeds over 40 years in USA.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Hou Yali, Wang Yachun, Lu Xuemei, Zhang Xu, Zhao Qian, Todhunter Rory J, Zhang Zhiwu
Abstract excerpt
Hip (HD) and Elbow Dysplasia (ED) are two common complex developmental disorders of dogs. In order to decrease their prevalence and severity, the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) has a voluntary registry of canine hip and elbow conformation certified by boarded radiologists. However, the voluntarily reports have been severely biased against exposing dogs with problems, especially at beginning period....
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