Ndi kutalika kofota kwa masentimita 28, Westie ndi galu womangidwa molimba yemwe amakhala ndi mphamvu komanso chidwi. Malaya ake awiri amakhala oyera nthawi zonse. Chovala chakunja, pafupifupi masentimita 5, ndi cholimba komanso cholimba. Chovalachi ndi chachifupi, chofewa komanso cholimba. Miyendo yake ndi yolimba, ndi mapazi ake ocheperako kumbuyo. Mchira wake ndi wautali (masentimita 13 mpaka 15) wokutidwa ndi tsitsi. Ndi yolunjika ndikunyamula molunjika.

Fédération Cynologique Internationale imayika m'gulu laling'ono. (Gulu 3 - Gawo 2) (1)

Chiyambi cha zozungulira zonse zaku Scottish mwina ndizofala ndipo chatayika pakupotoza komanso mbiri yakale yaku Scottish. Chomwe tikudziwa ndichakuti agalu ang'onoang'ono amiyendo agwiritsidwe ntchito poyambilira ndi abusa, komanso alimi kuyang'anira tizirombo tating'onoting'ono, monga makoswe kapena nkhandwe. Mpaka m'zaka za zana la XNUMX pomwe mitundu yosiyanasiyana yamtunduwu idayamba kuonekera bwino. Nthano imanena kuti mtundu wa West Highland White Terrier udachitika chifukwa changozi yakusaka. Colonel wina a Edward Donald Malcolm aku Poltalloch, akadapita tsiku lina kukasaka nkhandwe ndi ena mwa miyala iyi yaku Scottish. Panthawiyo, amatha kukhala ndi madiresi amitundumitundu, kuphatikiza ofiira kapena ofiyira amoto. Akuti agalu amodzi adawombeledwa mwangozi atasochera kuti ndi nkhandwe. Ndipo pofuna kupewa ngozi ngati iyi kuti isadzachitikenso, Colonel Malcolm de Poltalloch adaganiza zongowoloka agalu oyera.

Mitunduyi idavomerezedwa mwalamulo mu 1907 ndi English Kennel Club ndipo idatchedwa West Highland White Terrier pambuyo pa utoto wake wapadera komanso dera lomwe adachokera. (2)

West Highlands White Terrier ndi galu wolimba, wokangalika komanso wamphamvu. Mkhalidwe wamtunduwu umamufotokozera ngati galu yemwe amadzidalira ndi mpweya wosakhazikika ...

Ndiwolimba mtima komanso wodziimira pawokha, koma wokonda kwambiri. (2)

Galu wachichepere waku Scottish Highland ali ndi thanzi labwino ndipo malinga ndi Kennel Club UK Purebred Dog Health Survey 2014, pafupifupi zaka za moyo wa West Highlands White Terrier ali ndi zaka pafupifupi 11. Komanso malinga ndi kafukufukuyu, chomwe chimayambitsa kufa kwa Westies chinali ukalamba, ndikutsatira impso. (3)

Monga ma Anglo-Saxon terriers ena, Westie amakhala ndi vuto la kufooka kwa mitsempha kwa craniomandibular. (4, 5)

Amadziwikanso kuti "nsagwada ya mkango", craniomandibular osteopathy ndikufalikira kwachilendo kwa mafupa komwe kumakhudza mafupa apatalala a chigaza. Makamaka, mandible ndi temporomandibular olowa (nsagwada m'munsi) amakhudzidwa. Izi zimayambitsa matenda otafuna ndi kupweteka mukatsegula nsagwada.

Matendawa amapezeka zaka zapakati pa 5 mpaka 8 ndipo zizindikilo zoyambirira ndi hyperthermia, kusandulika kwa zovuta zomwe zimafunikira komanso kutafuna. Nyamayo imathanso kukhala ndi vuto la kudya chifukwa cha kupweteka komanso kutafuna.

Zizindikiro zoyambirira zamankhwala izi ndizisonyezero za matendawa. Izi zimachitika ndi x-ray ndi histological kufufuza.

Ndi matenda omwe angayambitse imfa kuchokera ku anorexia. Mwamwayi, matendawa amatha pokhapokha atakula. Nthawi zina, kuchitanso opaleshoni kumafunikira ndipo kuyerekezera kumasintha kutengera kukula kwa fupa. (4, 5)

Matenda a dermatitis

Dermatitis yamatenda ndimatenda akhungu wamba agalu makamaka ku West Highland white terriers. Ndi chizoloŵezi choloŵa kupanga mitundu yambiri ya mankhwala otchedwa Immunoglobulin E (Ig E), atagwirizana ndi allergen kudzera njira yopuma kapena ya khungu.

Zizindikiro zoyambirira nthawi zambiri zimawoneka mu nyama zazing'ono, pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi mpaka zaka zitatu. Izi ndizomwe zimayabwa, erythema (redness) ndi zotupa chifukwa chakukanda. Zizindikirozi zimapezeka makamaka pakati pa zala, m'makutu, m'mimba, perineum komanso mozungulira maso.

Kuzindikira kumapangidwa makamaka pofufuza mbiriyakale ndipo kumatsogozedwa ndi kutengera mitundu.

Kuyankha molondola ku corticosteroids ndi njira imodzi yodziwira matenda komanso ndi njira yoyamba yothandizira. Komabe, zotsatira zoyipa zazitali zimalepheretsa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwawo kwanthawi yayitali ndikulimbikitsidwa. (4, 5)

Globoid cell leukodystrophy

Globoid cell leukodystrophy kapena matenda a Krabbe ndi kusowa kwa enzyme ya β-galactocerebrosidase yomwe imayambitsa kuwonongeka kwapakatikati mwa dongosolo lamanjenje komanso zotumphukira. Matendawa amayamba chifukwa cha kusintha kwa majini

Zizindikiro zamankhwala zimawoneka pakati pa miyezi 2 ndi 7. Izi nthawi zambiri zimakhala kunjenjemera, kufooka, komanso kusokonezeka kwamachitidwe (ataxia).

Kuzindikira kumatengera kuyeza kwa michere mu ma leukocyte. Zilonda zamkati mwamanjenje zimakhalanso ndizomwe zimawonedwa ndi histology.

Matendawa ndi ochepa kwambiri, chifukwa nyamazo zimafa patangopita miyezi yochepa. (4) (5)

Galu woyera woyera agwedezeka encephalitis

Mbalame Yoyera Yoyera Kutupa Encephalitis ndi chinthu chosowa kwambiri chomwe chimafotokozedwa, monga momwe dzinalo likusonyezera, agalu oyera oyera. Imawonekera mwa kunjenjemera kwanzeru kwa mutu komwe kumatha kupita kunjenjemera yayikulu ya thupi lonse, onani zovuta zamagetsi.

Matendawa amapangidwa makamaka ndikuwunika minyewa yathunthu ndikuwunika kwa ma cerebrospinal madzimadzi.

Kulosera kwake ndikwabwino ndipo zizindikilo zimatha msanga mukalandira chithandizo cha ma steroids. (6, 7)

Ndikofunika kusamala kwambiri kutsuka ndi kusamalira galu kuti azisamalira bwino malaya ake ndikuwunika momwe matupi a khungu angatenthe.

Monga momwe dzina lawo likusonyezera, agalu amenewa amaphunzitsidwa kuti azitsata okha nyama zawo m'mabowo. Kudziyimira pawokha chifukwa chodziyimira pawokha kumatha kukhala kovuta pakutha kwa zovala, koma kulipidwa chifukwa cha luntha lawo. Kuleza mtima kuyenera kupereka zotsatira zabwino kwa galu uyu.