{"topic_id":"companion_breed_health_golden_retriever_hip_dysplasia_dog","category":"companion-breed-health","context":"---\nlicense: permission_granted\ntopic_id: companion_breed_health_golden_retriever_hip_dysplasia_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-health\ntitle: \"Golden Retriever — Hip Dysplasia (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"OMIA canine hip dysplasia entry + Today's Veterinary Nurse 'Nutrition for the Large-Breed Puppy' (2018), saved to source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-health/hip_dysplasia_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 369\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 11\n  passed: 11\n  date: 2026-08-02\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-health/companion_breed_health_golden_retriever_hip_dysplasia_dog/01_companion_breed_health_golden_retriever_hip_dysplasia_dog.md\nsource_document: \"OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)\"\n  title: \"Golden Retriever — Hip Dysplasia (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)\"\n  url: \"https://omia.org/OMIA000473/9615/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"OMIA entry pages (omia.org), breed-specific hereditary-disorder records\"\n  doc_type: \"academic animal-genetics database (breed-specific disorder entries)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Golden Retriever — Hip Dysplasia (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)\n\nSource: first-hand OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney) text, saved to `source_file`; every claim below is a C1 byte-substring of it.\n\n## Claims\n\n- `Laxity of the hip joint, resulting from a shallow acetabulum and/or a small, mis-shapen head of the femur. In severe cases, affected animals are lame.`\n- `Mode of inheritance: Multifactorial`\n- `Species-specific name: Canine hip dysplasia`\n- `REDUCING NUTRITIONASSOCIATED GROWTH COMPLICATIONS Nutrient imbalances and excesses during growth may lead to developmental orthopedic diseases and subsequent development of osteoarthritis in largeand giant-breed dogs (FIGURE 1).`\n- `ENERGY REQUIREMENTS Meal-restricted feeding has been shown to reduce the frequency of developmental orthopedic disease and early osteoarthritis in large- and giant-breed dogs compared to ad lib feeding2 by preventing the maximal rate of growth and therefore reducing mechanical stress to developing joint cartilage.`\n- `Evaluation of risk factors for degenerative joint disease associated with hip dysplasia in German Shepherd Dogs, Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, and Rottweilers`\n- `Estimates of prevalence of hip dysplasia in Golden Retrievers and Rottweilers and the influence of bias on published prevalence figures.`\n- `Genetic correlations of hip dysplasia scores for Golden retrievers and Labrador retrievers in France, Sweden and the UK.`\n- `Breeding Values and Genetic Trend for Hip Dysplasia in the Norwegian Golden Retriever Population`\n- `Analysis of the hip status of Golden Retrievers in Brazil-A study of health and genetic improvement.`\n- `Neutering dogs: effects on joint disorders and cancers in golden retrievers.`\n","sources":["companion-breed-health — Golden Retriever — Hip Dysplasia (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-health","title":"Golden Retriever — Hip Dysplasia (hereditary; OMIA-verified breed predisposition)","url":"https://omia.org/OMIA000473/9615/","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-health/hip_dysplasia_combined.txt"},"source_document":"OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (University of Sydney)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-health/hip_dysplasia_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":"permission_granted","display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":481,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}