Sentences with phrase «showed radiographic signs»

OFA offers preliminary evaluations at any age, but does not give permanent certification until two years of age, when over 95 percent of affected dogs will show radiographic signs.

Not exact matches

Its effectiveness overall is somewhat less than that methotrexate, but it has been shown to reduce signs and symptoms and slow radiographic damage.

The most reliable and definitive diagnosis might possibly be by a series of radiographs which can show the early, middle, and late phases of the disease, but even then radiographic signs can be so minimal that they can be missed, even if the animal exhibits clinical signs and a number of films are correctly exposed.

Radiographs or a myelogram (a radiographic dye study of the spinal cord), if taken shortly after occurrence of clinical signs, may show swelling at the site of injury.

Scintigraphy of the carpi and metacarpi of racing greyhounds shows many areas of increased bone remodeling, sometimes in the absence of radiographic signs of injury (Zuber et al. 1996).

However, since studies have shown that 76 percent of all dogs with radiographic signs of hip arthritis do well without surgery, controlled studies still need to be undertaken to determine the true value of these early intervention surgeries.

By the time you get to 10 years, be mindful that 90 % of cats will be showing radiographic evidence of arthritis — but you still have to ask the owners for the signs.

Another study found that 90 % of cats aged 12 and over showed radiographic (x-ray) signs of the arthritis — that's 9 out of every 10 cats over the age of 12!

On the other hand, some younger dogs with radiographic (X-ray) evidence of CHD maintain normal mobility and show signs of CHD only as they grow older and develop arthritis.