Ava Williams
Phuputso ea morao tjena e hlahlobang tlhokomelo ea meno mefuteng ea lintja tse nyenyane e totobatsa bohlokoa ba ho hlokomela lintja kamehla. Phuputso, e entsoeng ke Setsi sa Pet Nutrition, e ile ea hlahloba tsoelo-pele ea lefu la ho ruruha ha meno ho Miniature Schnauzers. Ho ile ha bontšoa hore ntle le tlhokomelo ea kamehla, e sebetsang ea meno, mafu a meno a ile a hatela pele ka potlako 'me a mpefala ka potlako ha lilemo li ntse li hōla.
“Kaofela re batla se molemohali bakeng sa bophelo bo botle ba phoofolo ea lapeng, ’me phuputso ena e re bontšitse hore ho na le ho hongata ho hlokomeloa ka lintja tse nyenyane ho feta kamoo ho neng ho nahanoa kateng,” ho boletse moeta-pele oa liphuputso Dr. Stephen Harris. Hobane libaka tse pakeng tsa meno li patisane, haholo-holo lintja tse nyenyane tse nang le linko tse khutšoanyane, masala a lijo a ka khomarela habonolo. Phuputso e boetse e totobatsa bohlokoa ba tlhokomelo e nepahetseng ea meno ho lintja tse hōlileng. Boithuto bona bo ne bo kenyelletsa li-Schnauzers tse nyane tse 52 ho tloha ho lilemo tse supileng ho isa ho tse supileng tse ileng tsa hlahlojoa bakeng sa bophelo bo botle ba molomo nakong ea libeke tse 60. E le hore ba utloisise hamolemo tsoelo-pele ea lefu la meno, bafuputsi ba nketse tlhokomelo ea kamehla ea molomo sebaka ka ho hlahloba molomo oohle feela. Ba fumane hore ntle le tlhokomelo ea kamehla, matšoao a pele a lefu la periodontal (ho ruruha ha periodontium) a ntlafala ka mor'a likhoeli tse tšeletseng. Le kapele ho lintja tse fetang lilemo tse 'ne. Tekanyo eo lefu lena le ileng la tsoela pele ka eona e ne e fapana ho itšetlehile ka mofuta oa leino le hore na leino le hokae ka hanong.
Phuputso e boetse e bontšitse hore lefu la periodontal le ka hlaha ntle le matšoao a bonahalang a gingivitis. “Barui ba bang ba lintja ba phahamisa melomo ea bona ho fumana maikutlo a bophelo bo botle ba melomo ea bona ka ho sheba marenene a bona. Leha ho le joalo, phuputso e bontša hore ho etsa joalo ho ka ’na ha fosa matšoao a bohlokoa a lemosang esale pele a lefu la meno,” ho hlalosa Dr. harris.
Liphetho li lokela ho khothaletsa beng bohle ba lintja ho itloaetsa ho lokisa melomo ho lintja tsa bona kamehla. Sena se kenyelletsa tlhahlobo ea meno ngakeng ea liphoofolo hammoho le ho hlatsoa khafetsa. Lijo tse bobebe tse khethehileng tsa ho hloekisa leino le likhoele tse hlafunang le tsona li ka sebetsa e le mokhoa oa ho thibela mafu a meno. Sena se sebetsa ho lintja tsohle. Leha ho le joalo, beng ba lintja tse nyenyane ba lokela ho ela hloko ka ho khetheha meno a ntja ea bona, kaha a kotsing e kholo ea ho ba le mathata a tebileng a meno.