This interesting new project “PUPScan” can screen for hip problems in six week old puppies by ultra sound imaging.
https://www.ourdogs.co.uk/News/newsa.php?title=New_hope_for_breeders_of_|dysplastic`_dogs (For some reason this link will not take correctly can you please copy and paste), sorry about that.
https://www.facebook.com/PUPscan-1194415293947254/
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A couple of related articles.
http://www.dogworld.co.uk/story.php/175487/0/pupscan__kc_and_bva_clarify_their_positions_on_hip_screening
http://www.dogworld.co.uk/story.php/175461/2159/a_new_canine_hip_scheme_for_breeders__
Articles, Part 1 and Part 2 by Carol Beuchat, PhD (USA) Scientific Director, ICB; Population Genetics & Biology of Dogs; University of California Berkeley, on the UK PUPscan Project.
http://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog/the-questions-pupscan-wont-answer
http://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog/the-questions-pupscan-wont-answer-part-2-the-answers
An update to the Pupscan Project. https://www.ikc.ie/pupscan-project-partnerships-irish-kennel-club-university-college-dublin-consult-partnership/
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