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11.5
percent evaluated dysplastic
preliminary
Barbet: hip evaluations rated dysplastic (mild/moderate/severe combined), OFA cumulative statistics
as of 2026-09-07 · license: facts-only
- OFA is a voluntary-submission registry: owners/breeders choose whether to have a dog evaluated and whether to submit the result, so this is not a random sample of the breed and most likely understates true population prevalence.
Source
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) — OFA Disease Statistics by Breed -- Hip Dysplasia and Elbow Dysplasia
https://ofa.org/diseases/disease-statistics/
retrieved 2026-09-07
Method
Quoted verbatim from the source above.