Firstly, I hope Bob Wyburn recovers fully from his illness, and I'm sure everyone wishes him well.
This has been an interesting subject to follow. Over the past twenty years I have used both AVA and Bob Wyburn. I have been satisfied with both, whether good or bad. They do their job and send me the results; who am I to question their ability at this highly qualified profession.
My question to some people making comment here is, what qualifications have you got to make assumptions on the abilities of the different radiologists that do hip and elbow scoring ? Assuming that one radiologist is much harder in his/her scoring than another is very presumptious, so what qualifies anyone to make this comment ? Hard scoring indeed !! It is done on measurements, and yes a fraction of a millimetre can make the difference in scores, particularly in elbows, but saying one person scores hard and, what, another soft (??), is ridiculous.
If dog owners have hips and elbows to be scored just send them to who is available to score them. If the Dr's have studied their whole career and have the qualifications to be able to read the films then why should any of us question their ability.