Miniature American Shepherd: patellar luxation evaluations rated abnormal, OFA cumulative statistics

as of 2026-09-20 · 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.
• OFA publishes this breed's evaluations under one combined row, 'MINI AMERICAN/MINI AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD' -- it does not separate the AKC-recognized Miniature American Shepherd from the Miniature Australian Shepherd name.

Source

Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) — OFA Disease Statistics by Breed -- Miniature American/Miniature Australian Shepherd (OFA's combined breed row)
https://ofa.org/diseases/disease-statistics/
retrieved 2026-09-20

Method

Quoted verbatim from the source above.

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