| Hip dysplasia is the bad formation of the coxofemoral joints, happening in all the races, mainly in the big ones and of fast growth. Its transmission is hereditary, recessive, intermittent and polygenic. Nutritionals, biomechanicals and environmental factors, associated to the hereditary, they worsen the dysplasia condition. The suspicion to the clinical exam is possible, but it is the radiographic study, usually to the twelve months of age in most of the races, by means of correct positioning of the animal, that defines the diagnosis. For so much the patient should be free from any reaction. This state is reached with the general anesthesia, of preference. The patient should be positioned in dorsal recumbency, pelvic limbs in posterior extention, of the... |
