Ngokuphakama lapho kubuna cishe amasentimitha angama-28, iWestie iyinja encane eyakhiwe ngokuqinile ekhipha ukuheha kwamandla nobungqabavu. Ijazi layo elikabili lihlala limhlophe njalo. Ijazi langaphandle, cishe elingu-5 cm, liqinile futhi liqinile. Ijazi langaphansi lifushane, lithambile futhi liqinile. Imilenze yayo inemisipha, izinyawo zincane kancane ngemuva. Umsila wayo mude (amasentimitha ayi-13 kuye kwayi-15) futhi umbozwe izinwele. Iqondile futhi ithwalwa iqonde phezulu.

I-Fédération Cynologique Internationale iyibeka phakathi kwama-terriers amancane. (Iqembu 3 - Isigaba 2) (1)

Umsuka wawo wonke ama-terriers aseScotland cishe ujwayelekile futhi ulahlekile ekuguqukeni komlando nezinsumansumane zaseScotland. Into eyodwa iqinisekile ukuthi lezi zinja ezincane ezinemilenze emifushane zazisetshenziswa abelusi ekuqaleni, kepha futhi nabalimi ukulawula izinambuzane ezisemuva, njengamagundane noma izimpungushe. Kwaze kwaba ngekhulu le-XNUMXth lapho izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene ze-terrier zaqala ukugqama impela. Inganekwane ithi ukuzala kweWest Highland White Terrier kwaba umphumela wengozi yokuzingela. UColonel Edward Donald Malcolm othile wasePoltalloch othile, wayezohamba ngolunye usuku ayozingela izimpungushe nezinye zalezi zingqimba zaseScotland. Ngaleso sikhathi, babengaba nezingubo ezinemibala eminingi, kufaka phakathi okubomvu noma okubomvu komlilo. Kuthiwa enye yezinja yadutshulwa ngephutha ngemuva kokuphutha ngokuthi yimpungushe. Futhi ukuvimbela ingozi enjalo ukuthi ingaphinde yenzeke, uColonel Malcolm de Poltalloch uthathe isinqumo sokuwela izinja ezimhlophe kuphela.

Umhlobo lo waqashelwa ngokusemthethweni ngonyaka we-1907 yi-English Kennel Club kwathiwa yi-West Highland White Terrier ngemuva kombala webhantshi ohlukile kanye nesifunda esidabuka kuso. (2)

I-West Highlands White Terrier iyinja encane eqinile, esebenzayo futhi enamandla. Izinga lokuzala limchaza njengenja enomthamo omuhle wokuzethemba onomoya we-rascal…

Kuyisilwane esinesibindi futhi esizimele, kepha sinothando olukhulu. (2)

Le nja encane yase-Scottish Highland inempilo enhle futhi ngokusho kweKennel Club UK Purebred Dog Health Survey ka-2014, isilinganiso seminyaka yokuphila kweWest Highlands White Terrier cishe sineminyaka engu-11 ubudala. Futhi ngokwalolu cwaningo, imbangela ehamba phambili yokufa kwabantu baseWesties ukuguga, kwalandelwa ukwehluleka kwezinso. (3)

Njengamanye ama-Anglo-Saxon terriers, iWestie ithambekele kakhulu ekuthambekeni kwe-craniomandibular. (4, 5)

Yaziwa nangokuthi “umhlathi wengonyama”, i-craniomandibular osteopathy wukwanda kwamathambo okungavamile okuthinta amathambo ayizicaba ogebhezi. Ngokuyinhloko, i-mandible ne-temporomandibular joint (umhlathi ophansi) ziyathinteka. Lokhu kudala izinkinga zokuhlafuna nobuhlungu lapho uvula umhlathi.

Lesi sifo sivela cishe ezinyangeni ezinhlanu kuya kweziyisi-5 futhi izimpawu zokuqala yi-hyperthermia, ukuguqulwa kwezinkinga ze-mandible nezokuhlafuna. Isilwane singabuye sibe nezinkinga zokudla ngenxa yobuhlungu nobunzima bokuhlafuna.

Lezi zimpawu zokuqala zokwelashwa ziyinkomba yokuxilongwa. Lokhu kwenziwa nge-x-ray kanye nokuhlolwa kwe-histological.

Kuyisifo esibi esingaholela ekufeni ngenxa ye-anorexia. Ngenhlanhla, inkambo yalesi sifo iphela ngokuzenzekelayo ekupheleni kokukhula. Kwezinye izimo, ukuhlinzwa kungadingeka futhi isibikezelo siyahlukahluka kuye ngobungako bomonakalo wethambo. (4, 5)

I-atopic dermatitis

I-atopic dermatitis yisifo esijwayelekile sesikhumba ezinjeni futhi ikakhulukazi eWest Highland terriers emhlophe. Kuwumkhuba wefa lokuhlanganisa ngamanani amakhulu kakhulu uhlobo lwe-antibody olubizwa nge-Immunoglobulin E (Ig E), lapho uhlangana ne-allergen ngomzila wokuphefumula noma wesikhumba.

Izimpawu zokuqala zivame ukuvela ezilwaneni ezisencane, eziphakathi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha neminyaka emithathu ubudala. Lokhu ikakhulukazi ukulunywa, i-erythema (ububomvu) nezilonda ngenxa yokunwaya. Lezi zimpawu zitholakala ikakhulukazi phakathi kweminwe, ezindlebeni, esiswini, kwi-perineum naseduze kwamehlo.

Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa ikakhulukazi ngokuhlaziywa komlando futhi kuqondiswa ukubekwa kohlobo.

Ukuphendula okulungile kuma-corticosteroids kungenye yezindlela zokuxilongwa futhi futhi kuyindlela yokuqala yokwelashwa. Kodwa-ke, imiphumela emibi yesikhathi eside idikibalisa ukusetshenziswa kwabo isikhathi eside nokuncishiswa kwenhliziyo kunconywa. (4, 5)

I-Globoid cell leukodystrophy

I-Globoid cell leukodystrophy noma isifo seKrabbe ukuntuleka kwe-enzyme ye-β-galactocerebrosidase ebangela ukonakala okuqhubekayo kohlelo lwezinzwa olumaphakathi nolungaphelele. Lesi sifo sibangelwa ukuguquka kokufakwa kwekhodi yofuzo

Izimpawu zomtholampilo zivela phakathi kwezinyanga ezimbili nezingu-2. Lokhu kuvame ukuthuthumela, ukukhubazeka, nokuphazamiseka kokuxhumanisa (ataxia).

Ukuxilongwa ngokuyinhloko kusekelwe ekulinganiseni umsebenzi we-enzyme kuma-leukocyte. Izilonda zesistimu yezinzwa emaphakathi nazo ziyisici futhi zingabonwa yi-histology.

Isibikezelo sibi kakhulu, njengoba imfuyo ivame ukufa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa. (4) (5)

Incephalitis yenja emhlophe encane

I-White White Dog Tremor Encephalitis yisimo esingajwayelekile esichazwa kakhulu, njengoba igama liphakamisa, ezinjeni ezincane ezimhlophe ezizalanayo. Kubonakala ngokuzamazama kwekhanda okunokuqonda okungakhuphuka kuze kube nokuthuthumela okukhulu komzimba wonke, bheka ukuphazamiseka kwe-locomotor.

Ukuxilongwa kwenziwa ikakhulukazi ngokuhlolwa okuphelele kwezinzwa nokuhlaziywa kwe-cerebrospinal fluid puncture.

Isibikezelo sihle futhi izimpawu zihamba ngokushesha ngemuva kokwelashwa nge-steroids. (6, 7)

Kuyadingeka ukunaka ngokukhethekile ukuxubha nokulungisa inja ukugcina kahle ijazi layo nokuqapha ukubonakala okungenzeka kwesifo somzimba.

Njengoba igama labo liphakamisa, lezi zinja zaziqeqeshelwa ukulandela inyamazane yazo emigodini zodwa. Ukuzimela okukhulu okuvelayo ngakho-ke kungaba yinselele ekugqokeni umzimba, kepha kunxeshezelwa ngobuhlakani babo obukhulu. Ngakho-ke ukubekezela kufanele kunikeze imiphumela emihle ngale nja.