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Red brought up a point that I wanted to talk about. When x-rays are done, some people may opt not to send them in because of obvious abnormalities (although a "general practitioner" type of vet is not really qualified to judge hip and elbow x-rays, especially being as abnormalities vary some by breed). So the results on hips and elbows can be slightly swayed because of that.
You will generally see many more hips listed on the site because OFA has been doing hips since 1966, but elbows only since 1990.
Cardiac, patellas, thyroid, etc. are not valid as far as ratings per breed on the OFA site because those are not rated by OFA. Owners opt to send those in and the majority of people probably wouldn't send them in if they're not passing. I think most (if not all) of the testing other than hips and elbows is done elsewhere and then sent in separately for listing on the site. If you have a dog that passed everything, then you would probably want to list it!
Most people who have their dogs OFA'd are serious breeders, too. There are vast numbers of dogs out there being bred/shown who never have the dogs x-rayed. If I were going to buy another dog, I'd certainly check OFA results (or other valid forms of testing). It's so easy to go on the site and do a search for a dog's name or even part of a name.
Melanie and the gang in Alaska
You will generally see many more hips listed on the site because OFA has been doing hips since 1966, but elbows only since 1990.
Cardiac, patellas, thyroid, etc. are not valid as far as ratings per breed on the OFA site because those are not rated by OFA. Owners opt to send those in and the majority of people probably wouldn't send them in if they're not passing. I think most (if not all) of the testing other than hips and elbows is done elsewhere and then sent in separately for listing on the site. If you have a dog that passed everything, then you would probably want to list it!
Most people who have their dogs OFA'd are serious breeders, too. There are vast numbers of dogs out there being bred/shown who never have the dogs x-rayed. If I were going to buy another dog, I'd certainly check OFA results (or other valid forms of testing). It's so easy to go on the site and do a search for a dog's name or even part of a name.
Melanie and the gang in Alaska