Tare da tsayinsa a bushewar kusan 28 cm, Westie ƙaramin kare ne wanda aka gina da ƙarfi wanda ke ba da sha'awa da ƙarfi. Tufafinsa sau biyu fari ne. Tufafin waje, kusan 5 cm, yana da ƙarfi da kauri. Jakar rigar tana da gajarta, mai taushi da tauri. Kafafuwansa tsoka ne, ƙafafunsa kaɗan kaɗan a baya. Jelarsa tana da tsawo (13 zuwa 15 cm) kuma an rufe ta da gashi. Madaidaiciya ce kuma an ɗauke ta kai tsaye.

Fédération Cynologique Internationale ya rarrabe shi tsakanin ƙananan terriers. (Rukuni na 3 - Sashe na 2) (1)

Asalin duk dabbobin Scottish mai yiwuwa na kowa ne kuma yana ɓacewa a cikin karkacewar tarihin Scottish da almara. Abu daya tabbatacce ne cewa waɗannan ƙananan karnuka masu gajerun kafafu da farko makiyaya ne ke amfani da su, amma kuma manoma don kula da kwari na bayan gida, kamar bera ko dawa. Ba har zuwa karni na XNUMX ne nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan terrier suka fara fitowa da gaske. Labari yana da cewa nau'in West Terland White Terrier shine sakamakon haɗarin farauta. Wani Kanar Edward Donald Malcolm na Poltalloch, da ya tafi wata rana don farautar dawa da wasu daga cikin waɗannan dabbobin na Scotland. A lokacin, suna iya samun riguna masu launuka iri -iri, gami da ja ko ja ja. An ce daya daga cikin karnukan an harbe shi ba zato ba tsammani bayan an yi kuskuren yin shi da karkara. Kuma don hana sake faruwar irin wannan hadari, Kanal Malcolm de Poltalloch ya yanke shawarar tsallake fararen karnuka kawai.

An san irin wannan nau'in a hukumance a cikin 1907 ta Ingilishi Kennel Club kuma an sanya masa suna West Highland White Terrier bayan launi na musamman da yankin asalin sa. (2)

The White Highlands White Terrier ƙaramin kare ne, mai aiki da kuzari. Daidaitaccen nau'in ya bayyana shi a matsayin kare tare da ƙima mai kyau na girman kai tare da iska mara kyau ...

Dabba ne mai ƙarfin hali kuma mai zaman kansa, amma mai tsananin so. (2)

Wannan ɗan ƙaramin kare na Scottish Highland yana cikin ƙoshin lafiya kuma a cewar binciken Kennel Club UK Purebred Dog Health Survey 2014, matsakaicin rayuwar rayuwar West Highlands White Terrier yana kusan shekaru 11. Hakanan bisa ga wannan binciken, babban dalilin mutuwar Westies shine tsufa, sannan gazawar koda. (3)

Kamar sauran terriers na Anglo-Saxon, Westie yana da saukin kamuwa da craniomandibular osteopathy. (4, 5)

Har ila yau da aka sani da "muƙamukin zaki", craniomandibular osteopathy shine haɓakar ƙashi mara kyau wanda ke shafar kasusuwan kwanyar kwanyar. Musamman, manuniya da haɗin gwiwa na ɗan lokaci (ƙananan muƙamuƙi) suna shafar. Wannan yana haifar da rikicewar tauna da zafi lokacin buɗe muƙamuƙi.

Cutar ta bayyana a kusan shekaru 5 zuwa 8 da watanni kuma alamun farko shine hyperthermia, nakasawar mahaifa da cuta. Dabbar na iya samun matsalar cin abinci saboda zafi da wahalar tauna.

Waɗannan alamun asibiti na farko alamu ne na ganewar asali. Ana yin wannan ta hanyar x-ray da binciken tarihi.

Yana da mummunan cututtuka wanda zai iya haifar da mutuwa daga anorexia. An yi sa'a, tafarkin cutar ya ƙare kwatsam a ƙarshen girma. A wasu lokuta, tiyata na iya zama dole kuma tsinkayen yana canzawa gwargwadon lalacewar kashi. (4, 5)

Ciwon ciki

Atopic dermatitis cuta ce ta fata ta yau da kullun a cikin karnuka kuma musamman a cikin fararen fata na West Highland. Halitta ce ta gado don haɗawa a cikin adadi mai yawa wani nau'in rigakafin da ake kira Immunoglobulin E (Ig E), akan saduwa da wani mai rashin lafiyar ta hanyar numfashi ko hanyar fata.

Alamun farko galibi suna bayyana a cikin ƙananan dabbobi, tsakanin watanni 6 zuwa shekaru 3. Waɗannan galibin ƙaiƙayi ne, erythema (redness) da raunuka saboda karcewa. Waɗannan alamun galibi an sanya su tsakanin yatsun hannu, cikin kunnuwa, ciki, perineum da kusa da idanu.

Ana yin ganewar asali da farko ta hanyar nazarin tarihi kuma ana shiryar da shi ta hanyar tsinkaye iri.

Amsar daidai ga corticosteroids yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙa'idodi don ganewar asali kuma shine layin farko na jiyya. Koyaya, tasirin sakamako na dogon lokaci yana hana su amfani da dogon lokaci kuma ana ba da shawarar rage lalatawa. (4, 5)

Globoid cell leukodystrophy

Globoid cell leukodystrophy ko cutar Krabbe rashi ne na en-galactocerebrosidase enzyme wanda ke haifar da lalacewar ci gaba na tsarin tsakiya da na jijiyoyin jiki. Ana haifar da wannan cuta ta hanyar maye gurbi a cikin rikodin kwayoyin halitta

Alamun asibiti suna bayyana tsakanin watanni 2 zuwa 7. Waɗannan yawanci girgizawa ne, gurguntawa, da rikice rikice (ataxia).

Sanin asali ya dogara ne akan auna aikin enzyme a cikin leukocytes. Ƙunƙwasawa na tsarin juyayi na tsakiya suma halaye ne kuma ana iya lura da su ta tarihin tarihi.

Hasashe yana da matukar talauci, kamar yadda dabbobi kan mutu cikin 'yan watanni. (4) (5)

Ƙananan fararen kare yana girgiza encephalitis

Ƙananan White Dog Tremor Encephalitis wani yanayi ne wanda ba kasafai aka bayyana shi ba, kamar yadda sunan ya nuna, a cikin ƙananan karnukan fararen. Yana bayyana kansa ta hanyar girgizawar kai mai hankali wanda zai iya zuwa manyan rawar jiki na jiki duka, duba rikicewar locomotor.

Ana yin ganewar asali galibi ta hanyar cikakken binciken jijiyoyin jiki da kuma nazarin bugun jijiyoyin ruwa.

Hasashen yana da kyau kuma alamun suna tafiya da sauri bayan jiyya tare da steroids. (6, 7)

Wajibi ne a mai da hankali na musamman ga gogewa da tsaftace karen don kula da rigar da ta dace da kuma lura da yuwuwar bayyanar rashin lafiyar dermatitis.

Kamar yadda sunansu ya nuna, an horar da waɗannan karnukan don bin farautar su a cikin ramukan da kansu. Sakamakon babban 'yancin kai na iya zama ƙalubale ga sutura, amma babban hazaƙarsu ta biya shi. Don haka haƙuri ya kamata ya ba da kyakkyawan sakamako ga wannan kare.