I-English Cocker Spaniel ilinganisa amasentimitha angama-39 kuye kwangama-41 ekubuneni kwabesilisa no-38 kuye ku-39 cm kwabesifazane, isisindo esingaba ngu-13 kuye ku-14,5 kg. Ibhantshi lalo liyisicaba elinokuthungwa kosilika, alivunguzi noma ligobile. Ingubo yayo ingaba mnyama, ibomvu, ifuna noma ibe nsundu noma imibala eminingi enezingqimba eziningi kuze kube ukuzulazula. Umsila uphathwa ngokuvundlile, kepha awukaze uphakanyiswe. Zinezindlebe ezinkulu, ezi-floppy ezinamaphethelo ezinwele ezinde ezinde.

I-English Cocker Spaniel ihlukaniswa yiFédération Cynologiques Internationale phakathi kwezinja ezikhulisa umdlalo. (1)

I-English Cocker Spaniel yabelana ngemvelaphi efanayo ne-Field and Springer Spaniels, kodwa yaziwa njengohlobo lwayo ngokwayo ngemuva kokusungulwa kwe-English Kennel Club ngo-1873. Igama layo lamanje lisuselwa ku "cocking spaniel" yasendulo, kukhonjwe kukho kubhekiswa ekusetshenzisweni kwayo ekuzingeleni izinkuni (ukhuni ngesiNgisi). (1)

ISpaniel inguqulo yesiNgisi yethemu spaniel echaza izinja zokuzingela ezivela eSpain, ezinezinwele ezinde nezindlebe ezilengayo. (2)

Yize kunomoya omncane ongena ngezindlebe zakhe ezinkulu zamehlo kanye namehlo amakhulu we-hazel, singafunda ekubukeni kwe-cocker spaniel ngobuhlakani bakhe obusheshayo nobushushu bakhe obujabulisayo. Kuyinja egcwele amandla futhi okweleta isikhathi sakhe esedlule njengomzingeli wegeyimu, ifomu elihle lomzimba kanye nesidingo sokuvivinya umzimba ngokulingene. Kepha futhi ungumngane othembekile onomgomo wakhe oyinhloko empilweni ukwanelisa inkosi yakhe. Ngakho-ke kulula ukuqeqesha futhi kuzothokozisa i-dog show aficionados. Kulabo abafuna umngane ojabulayo nothando, futhi ungumndeni ofanele noma inja engumngane.

Noma ngabe ukhetha ukumenza agijime emgodini wokuphishekela umdlalo, abambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni zezinja noma kunalokho amtotobise ekhaya, le nja yaziwa ngokungalokothi iyeke ukunyakazisa umsila wayo ... Ngokuqinisekile kuyisibonakaliso somoya wakhe omuhle nobumnene benjabulo.

Ngokuya ngeKennel Club's 2014 UK Purebred Dog Health Survey, i-English Cocker Spaniel inesikhathi sokuphila esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi kanti izimbangela zokufa kwaba umdlavuza (ongaqondile), ukuguga nezinso. (10)

I-English Cocker Spaniel iyisilwane esinempilo, kepha, njengezinye izinja ezihlanzekile, ingaba sengozini yokuqhamuka kwezifo ezithile zofuzo. Phakathi kwalezi ezivame kakhulu yi-hip dysplasia, i-cardiomyopathy evulekile, i-distichiasis. (4-5)

I-Coxofemoral dysplasia

ICoxofemoral dysplasia yisimo esizuzwe njengefa esivela ekuhlanganeni kwe-hip okungalungile. Ngenxa yokukhubazeka, ithambo lomlenze lihamba kabi ejoyintini futhi lidale ukuwohloka okubuhlungu kwilunga, izinyembezi, ukuvuvukala ne-osteoarthritis.

Ukuxilongwa nokufakwa kwesiteji se-dysplasia kwenziwa ikakhulukazi yi-x-ray ye-hip.

Kuyisifo esizuzwe njengefa, kepha ukukhula kwalesi sifo kuhamba kancane futhi ukuxilongwa kuvame ukwenziwa ezinjeni esezikhulile, okuyinkimbinkimbi ekuphathweni. Umugqa wokuqala wokwelashwa uvame ukwelashwa okuvuvukala ukunciphisa i-osteoarthritis nobuhlungu. Ekugcineni, ukuhlinzwa noma ukufaka i-hip prosthesis kungabhekwa ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuphathwa kahle kwemithi kungavumela ukwenziwa ngcono okukhulu kwenduduzo yenja. (4-5)

Ukuqina kwenhliziyo

I-Dilated cardiomyopathy yisifo esithinta imisipha yenhliziyo (i-myocardium) futhi sibonakala ngokwanda kosayizi we-ventricle nokuncipha kwezindonga. Ukulimala kwayo kwe-anatomical kuhambisana nokukhubazeka kokuncipha.

Izimpawu zivela ezinjeni ezineminyaka engu-5 kuye kwengu-6 futhi ikakhulukazi ukukhwehlela, i-dyspnea, i-anorexia, i-ascites, noma i-syncope.

Ukuxilongwa kusekelwe ekuhlolweni kwemitholampilo nasekuvuseleleni inhliziyo, kepha futhi nokuhlolwa okufana nesifuba i-x-ray, i-electrocardiogram kanye ne-echocardiography ukuze ubone ngeso lengqondo ukungajwayelekile kwe-ventricular futhi kugqamise ukuphazamiseka kwezinkontileka.

Lesi sifo siqhubeka kuqala kuye kwesobunxele ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo, nge-pulmonary edema, bese kuya kwesokudla ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo ngama-ascites kanye ne-pleural effusion. Isibikezelo sibi kakhulu futhi ukusinda izinyanga eziyisithupha kuya kwezingu-6 ngemuva kokuqala kokwelashwa. (24-4)

I-Distichiasis

I-Distichiasis ukujwayeleka kwejwabu leso okubonakala ngokuba khona kolayini owengeziwe wezinkophe ezingubeni ezivame ukukhiqiza uketshezi oluvikelayo lweso (izindlala ze-meibomian). Ngokuya ngenombolo yabo, ukuthungwa kwabo nokuthintana kwabo neso noma i-cornea, ukuba khona kwalo mugqa ongeziwe kungahle kungabi namiphumela noma kungenze ukuthi kubangele i-keratitis, i-conjunctivitis, noma i-corneal ulcers.

Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa ngokubheka izimpawu zomtholampilo nokusebenzisa isibani esinqunyiwe ukubona ngeso lengqondo umugqa owengeziwe wezinkophe. Ukuhlola umonakalo we-corneal, udokotela wezilwane angasebenzisa i-Fluorescein, isivivinyo seRose Bengal noma ukuhlolwa kwengilazi okukhulisa.

Ukwelashwa bese kwenziwa ngokudonswa kwezinkophe ezingaphezu kwesibalo futhi ukubikezelwa kuhle uma amehlo engazisoli izimpawu ezinzima. Ngaphandle kwalokho kunengozi yokuba yimpumputhe.

I-Distichiasis akufanele ididaniswe ne-trichiasis.

I-Trichiasis ibuye ibonakale ngokungafakwa kahle kwe-eyelashes, kepha kulokhu, ama-eyelashes angaphezu kwamanani aphuma kufollicle efanayo yezinwele futhi ukufakwa kwawo kuholela ekuphambukeni kwe-eyelashes ejwayelekile noma engaphezulu kwe-cornea. Izindlela zokuxilonga nokwelashwa kuyefana ne-distichiasis. (4-5)

Njengakwezinye izinhlobo zezinja ezinezindlebe ezinde ezinde, kufanele kunakwe ngokukhethekile ukuhlanza izindlebe ukugwema ukutheleleka.