UMary Allen
Isingeniso: Amahhashi ase-Highland
I-Highland Ponies iwuhlobo lwamahhashi adabuka eScotland. Baziwa ngamandla abo, ukuqina nokuguquguquka, okubenza badume ngezinjongo ezihlukahlukene, kusukela ekugibeleni nasekushayeleni ukuya emsebenzini wokupakisha nowamahlathi. Amaponi e-Highland ayaziwa nangokubukeka kwawo okuhlukile, anamajazi awugqinsi, anobukhazikhazi nezimenenja ezinde, ezigelezayo nemisila. Zibhekwa njengohlobo olungavamile futhi zifakwe ohlwini "njengabasengozini" yi-Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
Ukuqonda Izifo Zofuzo
Ukuphazamiseka kofuzo yizimo ezibangelwa ukungahambi kahle ku-DNA yomuntu. Lezi zinkinga zingazuzwa kumzali oyedwa noma bobabili futhi zingathinta izici ezihlukahlukene zempilo yomuntu ngamunye, kusukela ekubukekeni komzimba kuya ekusebenzeni kwesitho somzimba nokuziphatha. Ezinye izifo zofuzo zithambile futhi azinawo umthelela omncane kukhwalithi yempilo yomuntu, kanti ezinye zingaba zimbi kakhulu futhi zibeke impilo engcupheni.
Izifo Zofuzo Emahhashini
Njengazo zonke izilwane, amahhashi nawo angathinteka ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kofuzo. Lezi zinkinga zingaba nomthelela omkhulu empilweni nempilo yehhashi, futhi zingathinta nokusebenza kwazo kanye nekhono lokwenza imisebenzi ethile. Ezinye izinkinga zofuzo emahhashini zivame kakhulu kunezinye, futhi izinhlobo ezithile zingase zithambekele ezimweni ezithile ngenxa yokwakheka kwazo kofuzo.
Izifo Ezivamile Zezakhi Zofuzo
Kunenqwaba yezinkinga zofuzo ezikhonjwe emahhashini, okuhlanganisa i-Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (EPSM), Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP), Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Multiple Congenital Ocular Anomalies (MCOA), kanye neHereditary Equine Regional Dermal. I-Asthenia (HERDA). Lezi zimo zingaba nezinhlobonhlobo zezimpawu, kusukela ebuthakathakeni bemisipha nokuqina kuya esikhumbeni nezinkinga zokubona.
Ingabe Amahhashi E-Highland Ajwayele?
Nakuba ama-Highland Ponies ngokuvamile ebhekwa njengohlobo oluqinile futhi olunempilo, awavikelekile ezinkingeni zofuzo. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yesimo sazo njengohlobo olungavamile, kunolwazi olulinganiselwe olutholakalayo mayelana nokusabalala kwezifo zofuzo ikakhulukazi kuma-Highland Ponies. Kubalulekile ukuthi abafuyi kanye nabanikazi baqaphele izingozi ezingase zibe khona futhi bathathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa amathuba okudlulisela ukuphazamiseka kofuzo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
I-Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy
I-EPSM yisimo esithinta indlela amahhashi agaya ngayo ama-carbohydrate, okuholela ekulimaleni kwemisipha nokuba buthakathaka. Nakuba i-EPSM ibonakala ezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobo, ikhonjwe njengengozi engaba khona kuma-Highland Ponies ngenxa yokuthambekela kwawo ekugcineni amafutha. Ukuphatha ngokucophelela ukudla kwehhashi nokuzivocavoca kungasiza ekuvimbeleni nasekulawuleni lesi simo.
I-Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
I-HYPP isifo sofuzo esithinta indlela i-potassium elawulwa ngayo emisipha yehhashi, okuholela eziqephuni zobuthakathaka bemisipha nokukhubazeka. Nakuba i-HYPP ivame ukubonakala ku-Quarter Horses, kube nemibiko yesimo kuma-Highland Ponies. Ukuhlola isitoko sokuzalanisa isakhi sofuzo se-HYPP kungasiza ekwehliseni ubungozi bokudlulisela lesi sifo enzalweni.
I-Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
I-SCID yisimo esithinta amasosha omzimba ehhashi, okulenza libe lula ukungenwa izifo nezinye izinkinga zempilo. Nakuba i-SCID ikhonjwe ezinhlotsheni eziningi, okuhlanganisa i-Arabians kanye ne-Thoroughbreds, akukaze kube nemibiko ngesimo se-Highland Ponies kuze kube manje.
I-Multiple Congenital Ocular Anomalies
I-MCOA iyiqembu lezinkinga zofuzo ezithinta amehlo ehhashi, okuholela ezinhlobonhlobo zezinkinga zombono nezinye izinkinga. Yize i-MCOA ikhonjwe ezinhlotsheni eziningi zezilwane, akukaze kube nemibiko ngesimo se-Highland Ponies kuze kube manje.
I-Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia
I-HERDA yisimo esithinta isikhumba sehhashi, okuholela ekwakhekeni kwezilonda ezibuhlungu nezinye izinkinga zesikhumba. Nakuba i-HERDA ikhonjwe ezinhlotsheni eziningi, okuhlanganisa i-Quarter Horses kanye ne-Paint Horses, akukabikho imibiko ngesimo se-Highland Ponies kuze kube manje.
Isiphetho: Ukuhlola Ubungozi
Nakuba ingozi yokuphazamiseka kofuzo ku-Highland Ponies ingase ibe phansi uma kuqhathaniswa, kubalulekile ukuthi abalimi nabanikazi baqaphele ubungozi obungase bube khona futhi bathathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa amathuba okudlulisela lezi zimo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ukukhetha ngokucophelela isitokwe sokuzalanisa, ukuhlolwa kofuzo, nokuphatha ngokucophelela ukudla kwehhashi kanye nohlelo lokuzivocavoca.
Isiphetho: Ukugcina Impilo
Ngokungeziwe ekuvimbeleni nasekulawuleni ukuphazamiseka kofuzo, kubalulekile kubanikazi be-Highland Pony ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo zokulondoloza impilo nokuphila kahle kwehhashi labo. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ukuhlolwa kwezilwane njalo, ukudla okufanele, nokuzivocavoca nokuqeqeshwa okufanele. Ngokuthatha indlela esheshayo empilweni yamahhashi abo, abanikazi bangasiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-Highland Pony yabo ihlala ingumngane onempilo futhi ojabule iminyaka eminingi ezayo.