Método PennHIP e suas contribuições no controle da displasia coxofemoral em cães

Abstract

The objective of this review was to describe the higher efficiency of PenHip method compared to conventional radiographic method for diagnosis of hip dysplasia in dogs, used traditionally. We highlight the main advantages and disadvantages of the method in controlling this disease, outbreak of fighting over the years, without real success. It was found that the PennHip striking features were the ability to perform the diagnosis in animals starting at 16 weeks of life, low vulnerability to inter-and intra-observer and greater reliability in the diagnosis of dysplasia errors. And, as a disadvantage, the fact of being a patented technique, requiring prior training, disponobilizado by the team responsible for developing the method.