WSAVA KENNEL CLUBS MEETING - CONTROL OF HEREDITARY ELBOW DISEASE IN PEDIGREE DOGS

ONE of the major activities of the World Small Animal Veterinary Assoc iation over the past 12 months has been the investigation of potential international measures for the control of inherited disease in the pe digree dog. Three areas of concern are currently being examined; elbow dysplasia, hip dysplasia and ocular disease. The standardisation of d iagnostic expertise on an international basis is high on the list of p riorities for any scheme to prove successful, and with this intent in mind the first joint WSAVA/Kennel Clubs meeting was held in 1993 on th e subject of elbow dysplasia. This report of the meeting was accepted as Association policy by the WSAVA Assembly at its annual meeting in O ctober last year. A form of certification is currently being prepared and next a joint meeting to discuss hip dysplasia will take place in J une of this year.