Introduction
He ʻano lio kaulana ʻo Tennessee Walking Horses i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou hele mālie a me ke ʻano akahai. ʻOiai ua mahalo ʻia lākou no ko lākou haʻuki a me ka nani, nui ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo inā pili lākou i nā maʻi genetic kikoʻī. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā maʻi maʻamau maʻamau e pili ana i nā lio, a inā paha ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o Tennessee Walking Horses i kekahi o lākou.
Nānā nui o Tennessee Walking Horses
ʻO Tennessee Walking Horses kahi ʻano lio i puka mai ma Tennessee i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou hele ʻana, ʻo ia ka neʻe ʻehā-beat, ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao i maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi no nā mea holo. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Tennessee Walking Horses no ko lākou ʻano haʻahaʻa, a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no ka holo wāwae, hōʻikeʻike, a me ka leʻaleʻa holo.
Nā maʻi Genetic maʻamau i nā Lio
E like me nā holoholona āpau, hiki i nā lio ke hoʻopilikia i ko lākou olakino a maikaʻi. ʻO kekahi o nā maʻi maʻamau maʻamau o nā lio, ʻo ia ka equine polysaccharide storage myopathy (EPSM), hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP), a me hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA). Hiki i kēia mau maʻi ke hoʻopau i ka ʻiʻo, nāwaliwali, a me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka hiki o ka lio ke hana.
E noiʻi ma Tennessee Walking Horses
I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ke ulu nei ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka pono o Tennessee Walking Horses, ʻoiai ma ke ʻano o nā hōʻike lio a me nā hoʻokūkū. ʻO kekahi kumuhana i manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka "soring," e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kemika a me nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hele ʻana o ka lio. Hiki ke hōʻeha i ka ʻeha a me ka hōʻoluʻolu i ka lio, a hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino lōʻihi.
Nā hopena a me nā ʻike
ʻOiai ua loaʻa kekahi mau haʻawina e pili ana i ke olakino a me ka pono o Tennessee Walking Horses, aia nā noiʻi liʻiliʻi e pili ana inā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā maʻi genetic ma mua o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, ma muli o nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka soring a me nā ʻano hana hoʻomāinoino ʻē aʻe, ua maopopo ka pono o ka noiʻi hou aʻe a me ka nānā ʻana i ka pua.
Hopena hope a me nā ʻōkuhi hope
I ka hopena, ʻo Tennessee Walking Horses kahi ʻano kaulana i mahalo ʻia no ko lākou hele ʻana a me ke ʻano haʻahaʻa. ʻOiai he liʻiliʻi ka noiʻi e pili ana i ko lākou hiki ke loaʻa i nā maʻi genetic, aia nā hopohopo e pili ana i ko lākou pono i ka pōʻaiapili o nā hōʻike lio a me nā hoʻokūkū. Ke neʻe nei i mua, he mea nui e hoʻomau i ke aʻo ʻana i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi o Tennessee Walking Horses, a me ka hana ʻana e mālama pono ʻia lākou me ka mālama a me ka mahalo i kūpono iā lākou.