I-Rodhesian Ridgeback iyinja eqinile, enemisipha eneqolo emgqeni womhlane. Mfishane, uyacwebezela futhi ubushelelezi. Ingubo yakhe inombala kakolweni okhanyayo noma omncane. Abesilisa balinganisa u-63 kuya ku-69 cm lapho bebuna ngo-36,5 kg ngokwesilinganiso, kanti abesifazane balinganisa phakathi kuka-61 no-66 cm lapho bebuna, cishe ama-32 kg. Umsila wayo unobude obumaphakathi futhi ithwalwa iqonde, ugobe kancane ubheke phezulu.

I-Rodhesian Ridgeback ihlukaniswa yi-Fédération Cynologiques Internationale phakathi kwezinja (Iqembu 6, isigaba 3). (1)

I-Rhodesian Ridgeback idabuka eCape Colony eNingizimu Afrika. Kuze kube yimanje iwukuphela kohlobo lwezinja ezitholakala kulesi sifunda. Umlando walolu hlobo usukela ekhulwini lesi-XNUMX lapho kufika abantu baseYurophu bokuqala. Ngesikhathi behlola ingaphakathi leCape of Good Hope, izifiki zathola izizwe zamaHottentot kanye nenja yazo “nge-crest”, okungukuthi, izinwele ezimi phambili eduze komgogodla. Ukuphela kwenja eyaziwayo enesici esifanayo itholakala endaweni eqhele ngezinkulungwane zamakhilomitha ePhu Quoc Island eGulf of Siam.

Kwakusukela ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX lapho amakoloni, ngenxa yokuntula izinja ezisebenza kahle zokuzingela, aqala ukusebenzisa inja ye-Hottentot crested ukuyiwela nezinhlobo zaseYurophu.

Ngo-1875, uMfundisi uCharles Helm, wathatha uhambo olusuka eSwellendam esiFundazweni saseKapa eNingizimu Afrika ukuya eRhodesia. Ubehamba nezimbili zalezi zinja. Ngesikhathi ehlala kulesi sifunda esakha manje okuyiZimbabwe, umzingeli wezilwane okuthiwa u-Cornelius von Rooyen waboleka lezi zinja ezimbili ukuze ziyozingela. Ehlatshwe umxhwele amakhono abo, ngokushesha waqala ukuzalanisa. Kusukela lapho, bakhule ngobuningi babo kulesi sifunda esiqanjwe igama labo.

Iqembu lokuqala lohlobo lwabe selisungulwa ngo-1922 kwaBulawayo eSouthern Rhodesia kwathi ngo-1924 iRhodesian Ridgeback yaqashelwa ngokusemthethweni yiSouth African Kennel Union njengohlobo oluhlukile. Namuhla ingenye yezinja ezithandwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. (2)

I-Rhodesian Ridgebacks yizilwane ezihlakaniphile. Le mfanelo ingasheshe ibe yisici enjeni engaqeqeshiwe kahle noma engaqeqeshiwe kahle. Uqeqeshwe kahle, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ungumngane ofanelekayo, umlingani omuhle wokuzingela noma ngisho nenja yonogada.

Lolu hlobo lwenja lunomkhuba ongokwemvelo wokuvikela umndeni wayo. Ngakho-ke akudingekile ukuyiqeqesha njengenja yonogada. Kunalokho, lezi zimfanelo zomqaphi wemvelo kufanele zenezelwe ukuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo kokulalela. Izinga lokuzalana nalo limchaza ngokuthi ” enesithunzi, ehlakaniphile, eqhelelene nabantu abangabazi, kodwa engabonisi ulaka futhi engenalo ukwesaba ”. (1)

I-Rhodesian Ridgeback iyinja ephile kahle, futhi ngokusho kwe-UK Kennel Club's 2014 Purebred Dog Health Survey, ngaphezu kwengxenye yezilwane ezacwaningwayo azizange zibonise izimpawu zesifo. Izimbangela zokufa eziphambili kwakuwumdlavuza (uhlobo olungashiwongo) kanye nokuguga. (3)

Njengezinye izinja ezifuywayo, nokho, usengozini yokuthola izifo zofuzo. Lokhu kufaka phakathi, ikakhulukazi, i-hip dysplasia, i-dermal sinus, i-myotonia yokuzalwa kanye ne-hypothyroidism. (4-6)

I-Coxofemoral dysplasia

I-Coxofemoral dysplasia yisici esizuzwe njengefa sokuhlangana kwe-hip okuholela ekugqokeni nasekudabukeni kobuhlungu, izinyembezi, ukuvuvukala ne-osteoarthritis.

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

Ukuthuthuka okuqhubekayo ngeminyaka yesifo kwenza kube nzima ukuthola nokulawulwa kwaso. Ukwelashwa kolayini wokuqala kuvame ukuba yimithi elwa nokuvuvukala noma ama-corticosteroids ukusiza nge-osteoarthritis. Ukungenelela kokuhlinzwa, noma ngisho nokufakelwa kwesitho sokufakelwa kungabhekwa. Ukuphathwa kahle kwemithi kunganele ukuthuthukisa ukunethezeka kwempilo yenja. (4-6)

I-sinus ye-dermoid

I-Demal sinus yisimo sokuzalwa sesikhumba. Lesi sifo sibangelwa ukungavamile ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwe-embryonic. Lokhu kuholela ekwakhekeni kohlobo lwe-tubule oluxhuma isikhumba nomgogodla. Ama-sinus (ama) ngokuvamile atholakala endaweni yezinwele emgqeni we-dorsal futhi ibonakala ngokuvuvuka noma ama-cysts.

Amandla adonsela phansi ayashintshashintsha ngokuya ngokujula kanye nohlobo lwe-sinus. Ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, kungase kube nezimpawu zemizwa kanye nokutheleleka kwe-meningeal yesibili noma i-myelitis. Imvamisa ukuvuvukala noma izifo zivalelwa ku-tubule ngemuva kwesikhathi esifushane noma eside esingabonakali.

Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa nge-biopsy kanye nokuhlolwa okukhethekile kwe-radiographic okuvumela ukubona ngeso lengqondo inkambo ye-sinus, i-fistulography. Ukuhlaziywa koketshezi lwe-cerebrospinal nakho kuyadingeka ukuze kuhlolwe ukubandakanyeka kwesimiso sezinzwa esimaphakathi.

Ukuphathwa kokwelapha kuqukethe ukwelashwa kwama-antibiotic ukuze kukhawulwe i-superinfection, kanye nokuhlinzwa ukuze kulungiswe i-sinus. Ukubikezela ngokuvamile kuhle uma inja ingenawo umonakalo wezinzwa. (4-6)

I-myotonia yokuzalwa

I-Congenital myotonia yinto engavamile ekukhuleni kwemisipha ebonakala ngokunyuka kwesikhathi sokuphumula kwemisipha ngemva kokugoqa. Izimpawu zokuqala zomtholampilo zivela emasontweni okuqala okuphila. I-gait iqinile, izitho zihlukene ngokungavamile futhi imisipha iyakhula.

Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa ku-biopsy yemisipha futhi kukhona nokuhlolwa kofuzo.

Ngokuvamile, lesi sifo sizinza phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha noma unyaka futhi kungenzeka ukuthuthukisa induduzo yenja ngokwelashwa kwezidakamizwa, kodwa alikho ikhambi. (4-6)

I-Hypothyroidism

I-Hypothyroidism ukwehluleka ekukhiqizeni amahomoni egilo. Ngokuvamile kubangelwa ukubhujiswa kwe-autoimmune kwezindlala zegilo.

Izimpawu ziningi kakhulu, ngoba la ma-hormone adlala indima ebalulekile emisebenzini eminingana ebalulekile yomzimba. Singaphawula phakathi kokunye, ukukhathala, ukukhuluphala, ukwehla kwezinga lokushisa nokubanda ngokweqile, ukwanda kokungenwa yizifo, njll.

Ngenxa yobuningi bezimpawu, ukuxilongwa kungase kube nzima. Isekelwe ikakhulukazi ekuhlolweni kwehomoni yegilo kanye nokuhlolwa kwegazi okubonisa i-cholesterol ephezulu.

Inja kufanele iphathwe nge-synthetic thyroid hormone replacement for life. (4-6)

Umhlobo lo uyagijima ngakho-ke udinga izikhathi zokuzivocavoca njalo.