Freqüência de displasia coxofemural em cäes da raça Rottweiler em Minas Gerais / Frequency of hip dysplasia in Rottweiler dogs in Minas Gerais, Brazil

ABSTRACT

Sixty X-rays of Rottweiler dogs, males and females, obtained between March 1992 and April 1994, were studied with the purpose of establishing the frequency of hip dysplasia. The X-rays were taken with the animals in the ventrodorsal position, with the limbs parallel and the pelvis symmetric. The study indicated that 31.67 por cento of animals were carrier of hip dysplasia in differents grades