[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: OFA
- From: "MaryLou Hughes" <vdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:33:10 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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PennHip is science.=0D
Mary Lou =0D
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From: Laurie Pruett=0D
Date: 9/28/2008 8:10:13 AM=0D
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=0D
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] OFA=0D
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>The results from these *=C7}=A3Follow-Up Studies*=C7=A5 will not >alt=
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>earlier official OFA consensus >reading on which the animal may >have=
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If this is indeed OFA's current policy, then shame on them. Are they afr=
aid
to admit to differences of opinion among their radiologists? It was
certainly possible in the past to resubmit to change ratings on animals t=
hat
had failed to receive a hip or elbow number.=0D
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Eventually the day will come when OFA will not be necessary because we wi=
ll
identify the genes involved in the development of hip dysplasia but in th=
e
meantime we should all remember that the current certification system is =
as
much art as it is science.=0D
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