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Xray
Position Samples
for taking xrays of
Schraderhaus
K9 Pups
The following
films are provided for your viewing and
for the continued education of my puppy
clients
to make them aware of what
your pup's position for xrays should
look like, when taking your Schraderhaus
pup
in to comply with the 12-15
month films and for their
final 24-26 month films.
The above
film is of my boy Norbo Den Lu @ 17 mos..
He
is rated A1 from the SV in Germany.
I have added the markers on the film
above to assist in showing the areas of
great importance
for your vet to
consider when
positioning your pup on the table for
xrays.
Note how equal this position
is positioned on the table,
Both
horizontally from side to side, as well
as vertically.
Norbo is not yet
100% fully grown and developed at the
time of taking these films.
This
fact will be proven as he grows,
developing more rounded femoral heads as
he becomes fully mature.
His ARE
however a VERY nice set of hips.. and
the SV in Germany, who views and rates
ONLY German Shephed Dogs
after
they turn 12 months ogf age, understands
and recognizes that often at these
younger ages,
our large breed GSD's
are still growing and forming their
bones.
Norbo DL's hips are
very good genetically and are also
corectly positioned for being rated in
this film,
and show NO signs of HD.
Thus his rating of A1 from Germany.
Those areas where markers
are placed should be equally positioned
from one side to the other,
with dog
as absolutely perfectly level as
possible for the planes of horizontal
and vertical positioning,
in
addition, having the dog lying
perpendicular from the table, with spine
directly positioned underneath the dog
and
not tipped one way or the other on the
table is very iimportant...
even to
the point of having the tail brought
straight down directly between the legs.
The pelvis should be level
horizontally in the film from one side
to the other.
Positioning the
femoral heads higher on one side, low on
the other side, will make one or
the other
of the femoral heads
pop slightly out of the acetabulum...
this can make one side appear more shallow, and one
more deeply set in
the sockets,
and not give a true
indication of the depth of the each of
the dog's
sockets.
Knees should ALWAYS be
shown in the film,
with long bones
of the legs as close to vertical as
possible.
Knees are best positioined
when they are looking straight at you,
or with a slight rotation to the
inside
for best position of the
femoral heads into the acetabulum.
Click Here to read more
about what to
consider when OFA Veterinarians
are reviewing
your dog's hip and
elbow films.
Porsche von Schraderhaus
OFA
Excellent
Gretta Das Schone v Schraderhaus
OFA
Excellent at 12 month prelims
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