Ava Williams
Kafukufuku waposachedwapa wopenda chisamaliro cha mano m’magulu a agalu ang’onoang’ono akusonyeza kufunika kosamalira agalu nthawi zonse. Kafukufuku, wochitidwa ndi Center for Pet Nutrition, adawunika kukula kwa matenda otupa a mano mu Miniature Schnauzers. Zinasonyezedwa kuti popanda chisamaliro chokhazikika, chothandiza cha mano, matenda a mano amakula mofulumira ndipo amakula mofulumira ndi ukalamba.
“Tonsefe timafunira thanzi la ziweto zathu zabwino kwambiri, ndipo kafukufukuyu anatisonyeza kuti agalu ang’onoang’ono afunika kusamalira pakamwa kuposa mmene ankaganizira poyamba,” anatero Dr. Stephen Harris, yemwe ndi mtsogoleri wa kafukufukuyu. Chifukwa mipata pakati pa mano ndi yopapatiza, makamaka agalu ang'onoang'ono okhala ndi mphuno zazifupi, zotsalira za chakudya zimatha kumamatira mosavuta. Kafukufukuyu adawonetsanso kufunika kosamalira mano moyenera agalu okalamba. Kafukufukuyu adakhudza 52 Miniature Schnauzers kuyambira wazaka chimodzi mpaka zisanu ndi ziwiri omwe adawunikiridwa kuti ali ndi thanzi lamkamwa pazaka zopitilira 60. Kuti amvetse bwino kukula kwa matenda a mano, ofufuza aloŵa m’malo chisamaliro chapakamwa nthaŵi zonse ndikungofufuza m’kamwa monse. Iwo anapeza kuti popanda kusamalidwa nthawi zonse, zizindikiro zoyambirira za matenda periodontal (kutupa periodontium) anayamba mkati miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Ngakhale mofulumira agalu zaka zinayi. Kukula kwa matendawa kunkasiyanasiyana malinga ndi mtundu wa dzino komanso malo amene dzinolo lili m’kamwa.
Kafukufukuyu adawonetsanso kuti matenda a periodontal amatha kukhala osadalira zizindikiro zowoneka za gingivitis. “Eni agalu ena amakweza milomo yawo kuti adziwe za thanzi la mkamwa mwawo poyang’ana m’kamwa mwawo. Komabe, kafukufukuyu akusonyeza kuti kuchita zimenezi kungaphonye zizindikiro zofunika zochenjeza za matenda a mano,” akufotokoza motero Dr. harris.
Zotsatirazi ziyenera kulimbikitsa eni ake agalu kuti azikonzekeretsa agalu awo pafupipafupi. Izi zikuphatikizapo kukayezetsa mano kwa vet komanso kuwatsuka pafupipafupi. Zakudya zapadera zotsuka mano ndi zomatafuna zingathandizenso ngati njira yopewera matenda a mano. Izi zikugwira ntchito kwa agalu onse. Komabe, eni ake agalu ang’onoang’ono ayenera kusamala kwambiri ndi mano agalu awo, chifukwa ali pachiopsezo chachikulu cha kudwala mano aakulu.