DISCLAIMER: Von Der Musikstadt is not a Veternarian or health care professional. The Information I have on this website is my own personal X-rays photographed by my Verernarian and rated by OFA, some X-rays were emailed to me by my Vet and by friends, with permission to use. If you want more information and picture of Hip X-rays please check out the links to the right. There are hundreds of web sites that show X-rays for a reference, but If your dog may have Hip dysplasia, I suggest to bring your dog to a professional Veternarian that has several years experience in positioning your dogs hips for a accurate reading.   HOW DOES OFA RATE YOUR DOGS HIPS?  http://www.offa.org/hd_grades.html Two radiologists reported excellent, one radiologist reported good -the final grade would be excellent One radiologist reported excellent, one radiologist reported good, one fair -the final grade would be good One radiologist reported fair, two radiologists reported mild -the final grade would be mild NO. GERMAN HIP GRADE EVALUATION 1 HD- A FREI / 0 EXCELLENT 2 HD +/- B HD-TC / HD 1 GOOD 3 HD + C HD 2 FAIR 4 HD ++ D HD 3 MILD DYSPLASIA (UNBREEDABLE) 5 HD +++ E HD 4 SEVERE DYSPLASIA Other Informational Sites Wikipedia Leesburg Hip Examples Long Beach Animal Hospital Dogburg Wildhaus Kennels Golden Brook You Tube Dysplasia Videos Buy Hip Xray Pictures Have your dog checked Orthopedic Foundation for Animals ADRK Penn Hip Ontario Veterinary College       OFA EXCELLENT 18 month old male Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round Hips evaluated in Europe HD frei (OFA Excellent)   OFA EXCELLENT 2 Year old male Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round   HD frei (OFA EXCELLENT) 3 Year old female Excellent positioning Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round   OFA GOOD 33 month old female Excellent positioning Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round   HD frei (OFA EXCELLENT) 2 1/2 Year old female Excellent positioning Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round   OFA GOOD 24 month old Female Right side ball does have slight flat Left side ball is perfect Both joints equal in the socket, 1 ball round, 1 slight flat   OFA GOOD 27 month old Female Both joints equal in the socket, balls show slight flat spot, but this can be the point of "muscle to bone" connection. Xray was slightly off but over all excellent xray. Pelvis is very thick, openings of holes on both sides of spine are equal. This means there was no rotation from left to right of the pelvis.   PRELIMB OFA GOOD 16 month old Female Female was in Heat - Laxity change can occur Right side ball does have grey laxity - goes away when female is out of heat Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round   OFA PRELIMB GOOD 16 month old female Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round   OFA GOOD 2 Year old male Balls are tight in the socket Both joints equal in the socket but slight grey in socket   OFA GOOD 2 Year old male I do not understand how this dog got a GOOD Both joints equal in the socket Excessive grey in joint, joints are not the same. large grey gap in joints. This is called subluxation. (looseness)   GRADE 1 MILD DYSPLASIA Youth male Right ball is tight in the socket Left ball is slight shallow Dogs hip will change dramatically either good or bad   GRADE 1 MILD HIP DYSPLASIA 2 Year old female Right side ball tight in socket - GOOD Left side unilateral ball is 2/3 in socket - flat spot Left side 2/3 in socket, right side is completely in socket Flat spot and shallow socket   GRADE 2 HIP DYSPLASIA 12 month old female Right side ball out od socket - bad sublux Left side in socket   GRADE 3 DYSPLASIA 20 month old female Both joints are poor Excessive grey in joint, no socket   GRADE 3 DYSPLASIA 9 month old female Both joints are poor Excessive grey in joint, no socket ROTTWEILER ELBOW DYSPLASIA - PICTURES & VIDEOS NO.  GERMAN ELBOW GRADE EVALUATION 1 ED- 0 FREI / 0 EXCELLENT 2 ED +/- . NONE BOARDERLINE (ONLY IN ADRK) 3 ED+ 1 GRADE I MILD OSTERARTHOSIS 4 ED ++ 2 GRADE II MODERATE OSTERARTHOSIS 5 ED +++ 3 GRADE III SEVERE OSTERARTHOSIS Normal elbows Smooth in the joint no bone buildup Normal elbows Smooth in the joint no bone buildup   GRADE 1 (breedable) 2 Year old female small space inbetween joints joint is not completely round   GRADE 1 (breedable) Sometime evaluations differ possible to be grade 2 3 1/2 Year old female small space inbetween joints Bone fragment in elbow   DYSPLASIA GRADE 2 4 Year old male Large space inbetween joints Joint is not smooth What is OCD, FCP, & UAP?   DYSPLASIA GRADE 3 Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) of the medial humeral condyle Fragmented medial coronoid process (FCP) of the ulna Ununited anconeal process (UAP) of the ulna Humero-radio-ulna joint incongruity (elbow joint incongruity)

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