I-American Staffordshire Terrier iyinja enkulu, ehlangene. Isilinganiso sobude bayo ekubuneni singama-46 kuya ku-48 cm kwabesilisa kanye nama-43 kuya ku-46 cm kwabesifazane. Okhakhayini lwayo olukhulu, izindlebe zifushane, zibomvana noma zimi okweqanda. Ijazi lakhe lifushane, liqinile, liqinile ukuthi ulithinte, futhi liyacwebezela. Ingubo yakhe ingaba nemibala eyodwa, inemibala eminingi noma i-variegated futhi yonke imibala ivunyelwe. Amahlombe akhe nezitho ezine ziqinile futhi zinemisipha emihle. Umsila wayo mfishane.

I-American Staffordshire Terrier ihlukaniswa yi-Fédération Cynologiques Internationale njenge-bull type terrier. (1)

Inja yeBull-and-Terrier noma ngisho, inja enesigamu nengxenye (Isigamu-Isigamu ngesiNgisi), amagama asendulo e-American Staffordshire Terrier, abonisa umsuka wayo oxubile. Ngekhulu le-XNUMXth izinja zeBulldog zazenzelwe ngokukhethekile ukulwa nezinkunzi futhi zazingafani nezanamuhla. Izithombe zangaleso sikhathi zibonisa izinja ezinde nezizacile, eziqeqeshwe emilenzeni yazo yangaphambili futhi ngezinye izikhathi ezinomsila omude. Kubukeka sengathi abanye abafuyi babefuna ukuhlanganisa isibindi nokuqina kwalawa ma-Bulldogs nobuhlakani kanye nokushesha kwezinja ze-terrier. Kungukuwela kwalezi zinhlobo ezimbili okuzonikeza iStaffordshire Terrier.

Ngawo-1870, lolu hlobo lwaluzokwethulwa e-United States lapho abalimi bezothuthukisa uhlobo lwenja olusindayo kunomlingani walo waseNgilandi. Lo mehluko uzoqashelwa ngokusemthethweni ngoJanuwari 1, 1972. Kusukela lapho, i-American Staffordshire Terrier isiwuhlobo oluhlukile kune-English Staffordshire Bull Terrier. (2)

I-American Staffordshire Terrier ijabulela inkampani yomuntu futhi yembula amandla ayo aphelele lapho ihlanganiswe kahle endaweni yomndeni noma lapho isetshenziswa njengenja esebenzayo. Nokho, ukuvivinya umzimba njalo nokuqeqeshwa kuyadingeka. Banenkani ngokwemvelo futhi izikhathi zokuqeqesha zingasheshe zibe nzima uma uhlelo lungajabulisi futhi lumnandi ngenja. Ukufundisa "abasebenzi" ngakho-ke kudinga ukuqina, ngenkathi wazi ukuthi uhlala umnene futhi ubekezela.

I-American Staffordshire Terrier iyinja eqinile futhi enempilo.

Kodwa-ke, njengezinye izinja ezifuywayo, angangenwa izifo zofuzo. Okuyingozi kakhulu i-cerebellar abiotrophy. Lolu hlobo lwenja luphinde lube lula ekuthuthukiseni i-hip dysplasia nezifo zesikhumba, njenge-demodicosis noma i-solar dermatitis ye-trunk. (3-4)

I-Cerebellar abiotrophy

I-American Satffordshire Terrier cerebellar abiotrophy, noma i-cereal ataxia, ukonakala kwe-cerebellar cortex nezindawo zobuchopho ezibizwa ngokuthi i-olivary nuclei. Lesi sifo sibangelwa ikakhulukazi ukunqwabelana kwento ebizwa ngokuthi i-ceroid-lipofuscin kuma-neurons.

Izimpawu zokuqala zivame ukuvela ezinyangeni eziyi-18, kepha ukuqala kwazo kuyehluka kakhulu futhi kungagcina kuze kube yiminyaka eyi-9. Ngakho-ke izimpawu eziyinhloko yi-ataxia, okusho ukuntuleka kokuxhumana kokunyakaza kokuzithandela. Kungase futhi kube nokuphazamiseka kwebhalansi, ukuwa, i-dysmetry yokunyakaza, ubunzima bokubamba ukudla, njll. Ukuziphatha kwesilwane akushintshile.

Iminyaka yobudala, uhlanga kanye nezimpawu zomtholampilo ziqondisa ukuxilongwa, kodwa i-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) engakwazi ukubona ngeso lengqondo futhi iqinisekise ukwehla kwe-cerebellum.

Lesi sifo asilungiseki futhi alikho ikhambi. Isilwane ngokuvamile sikhishwa esikhungweni ngemva nje kokubonakaliswa kokuqala. (3-4)

I-Coxofemoral dysplasia

I-Coxofemoral dysplasia yisifo esizuzwe njengefa le-hip joint. Ijoyinti elonakele livulekile, futhi ithambo lezidladla lenja lihamba ngokungavamile ngaphakathi libangela ukuwohloka okubuhlungu, izinyembezi, ukuvuvukala ne-osteoarthritis.

Ukuxilongwa nokuhlolwa kwesigaba se-dysplasia kwenziwa ikakhulukazi yi-x-ray.

Ukuthuthuka okuqhubekayo nobudala besifo kwenza kube nzima ukutholwa nokuphathwa kwaso. Ukwelashwa komugqa wokuqala kuvame ukunqanda ukuvuvukala noma i-corticosteroids ukusiza nge-osteoarthritis. Ukungenelela kokuhlinzwa, noma ngisho nokufakwa kwe-hip prosthesis kungabhekwa ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu. Ukuphathwa kahle kwemithi kungaba okwanele ukuthuthukisa ukunethezeka kwempilo yenja. (3-4)

I-Demodicosis

I-Demodicosis i-parasitosis ebangelwa ukuba khona kwezibungu eziningi zohlobo I-Demodex esikhumbeni, ikakhulukazi ezimpandeni zezinwele nezindlala ze-sebaceous. Okuvame kakhulu I-Demodex i-canis. Lawa ma-arachnid akhona ngokwemvelo ezinjeni, kodwa ukuphindaphindeka kwawo okungavamile nokungalawuleki ezinhlotsheni ezidalwa kusengaphambili okudala ukulahlekelwa izinwele (alopecia) kanye ngokunokwenzeka ne-erythema kanye nokukala. Ukuluma kanye nokutheleleka kwebhaktheriya kwesibili nakho kungenzeka.

Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa ngokutholwa kwezibungu ezindaweni ze-alopecic. Ukuhlaziywa kwesikhumba kwenziwa ngokukhuhla isikhumba noma nge-biopsy.

Ukwelashwa kwenziwa kalula ngokusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-anti-mite futhi mhlawumbe ngokuphathwa kwama-antibiotic uma kwenzeka izifo zesibili. (3-4)

I-Solar trunk dermatitis

I-Solar trunk dermatitis yisifo sesikhumba esibangelwa ukuchayeka emisebeni ye-ultraviolet (UV) evela elangeni. Kwenzeka ikakhulukazi ezinhlotsheni ezinenwele ezimhlophe.

Ngemva kokuchayeka ku-UV, isikhumba esisesiswini kanye nesiqu sithatha ukubonakala kokushiswa yilanga. Ibomvu futhi iyaxebuka. Ngokuchayeka kakhulu elangeni, izilonda zingasakazeka zibe ama-plaque, noma zibe uqweqwe noma zibe nezilonda.

Ukwelashwa okungcono kakhulu ukunciphisa ukuchayeka elangeni futhi ukhilimu we-UV ungasetshenziselwa ukuphuma. Ukwelashwa ngovithamini A kanye nezidakamizwa ezilwa nokuvuvukala njenge-acitretin nakho kungasiza ekwehliseni umonakalo.

Ezinjeni ezithintekile, amathuba okuba nomdlavuza wesikhumba ayanda. (5)

I-American Staffordshire Terrier ithanda ikakhulukazi ukuhlafuna izinto ezihlukahlukene nokumba emhlabathini. Kungase kuthakazelise ukulindela ukuhlafuna kwakhe okuyimpoqo ngokumthengela amathoyizi. Futhi ngenxa yesifiso sokumba, ukuba nengadi ongayikhathaleli kakhulu yiyona ndlela engcono kakhulu.