Table 2.
Overall, by breed and by sex, absolute frequencies and percentages within group of radiographic findings in the ventrodorsal and frog leg views, of hip joints. For each animal, both joints were considered, representing one hundred joints
| Radiographic finding | Overall | GSD | BM | LR | DSD | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total/% | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | |
| Irregular wear on the femoral head, making it misshapen and with a loss of its rounded appearance | 95 | 34 | 100,0 | 30 | 100,0 | 17 | 85,0 | 16 | 100,0 | 28 | 46,7 | 20 | 50,0 |
| Flattened or shallow acetabulum, with irregular outline | 60 | 23 | 67,6 | 15 | 50,0 | 13 | 65,0 | 9 | 56,3 | 35 | 58,3 | 25 | 62,5 |
| Caudolateral curvilinear osteophyte (CCO) | 35 | 18 | 52,9 | 13 | 43,3 | 4 | 20,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 24 | 40,0 | 15 | 37,5 |
| New bone formation on the acetabulum and on femoral head and neck | 86 | 31 | 91,2 | 25 | 83,3 | 19 | 95,0 | 15 | 93,8 | 51 | 85,0 | 37 | 92,5 |
| The angle formed at the cranial effective acetabular rim is worn away | 77 | 26 | 76,5 | 23 | 76,7 | 20 | 100,0 | 12 | 75,0 | 45 | 75,0 | 34 | 85,0 |
| Subchondral bone sclerosis along the cranial acetabular edge | 98 | 34 | 100,0 | 30 | 100,0 | 20 | 100,0 | 16 | 100,0 | 60 | 100,0 | 40 | 100,0 |
| Circumferential femoral head osteophyte (CFHO) | 28 | 13 | 38,2 | 10 | 33,3 | 6 | 30,0 | 1 | 6,3 | 18 | 30,0 | 14 | 35,0 |
| CCO on the Frog Leg view | 33 | 14 | 41,2 | 12 | 40,0 | 8 | 40,0 | 5 | 31,3 | 20 | 33,3 | 17 | 42,5 |
| CFHO on the Frog Leg view | 88 | 32 | 94,1 | 25 | 83,3 | 19 | 95,0 | 16 | 100,0 | 55 | 91,7 | 35 | 87,5 |
Legend: GSD German Shepherd Dog, BM Belgian Malinois Shepherd Dog, LR Labrador Retriever, DSD Dutch Shepherd Dog