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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

From: Clinical and diagnostic imaging findings in police working dogs referred for hip osteoarthritis

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

  1. Legend: GSD German Shepherd Dog, BM Belgian Malinois Shepherd Dog, LR Labrador Retriever, DSD Dutch Shepherd Dog