Kugcine ukubuyekezwa ngoJulayi 23, 2024 ngu Izinja Vets
Ngempumelelo enkulu, abacwaningi baseNgilandi baye bathola isakhi sofuzo esibangela i-progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), isifo esiwufuzo esibangela ubumpumputhe ezinjeni.
Lokhu kutholakala sekuholele ekuthuthukisweni kokuhlolwa okungase kunqande lesi sifo ukuthi sidlulele ezizukulwaneni ezizayo ze-English Shepherd. Izinja.
Ukuthatha okubalulekile:
- I-Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) isifo esiwufuzo esidala ubumpumputhe ezinjeni ezithile.
- Abacwaningi eNgilandi bathole isakhi sofuzo esinesibopho se-PRA futhi benza ukuhlolwa ukuze baxwayise abafuyi.
- Kunethemba lokuthi ukuhlolwa kungagcina kuqedwe lesi sifo phakathi kwe-English Shepherd Dogs.
Ukusa Okusha Kokuzalela Izinja
UShola, owayeyinja yokuhlenga futhi eyilungu le-Edale Mountain Rescue Team e-UK, walahlekelwa ukubona ngenxa ye-PRA, isifo sofuzo esingandile. Yize isikhathi sesihambile kuShola, ucwaningo olusha lunikeza ithemba lokuthi nezinye izinja ngeke zibhekane nesiphetho esifanayo.
“Uma amehlo enja eqala ukwehluleka ukubona, akukho ukwelashwa - izogcina ingaboni nhlobo,” kuchaza uDkt. Katherine Stanbury, umbhali wokuqala walolu cwaningo nomcwaningi wezilwane eNyuvesi yaseCambridge.
Ngokuvamile, abanikazi bezinja bangase bangaboni ukuthi isilwane sabo sine-PRA kuze kube yiminyaka ephakathi, isikhathi eside ngemva kokuzalanisa.
Ukutholwa KweGene Nokuhlola
Ithimba lika-Stanbury likhombe ufuzo olunesibopho se-PRA ngokuqhathanisa amasampula e-DNA asuka ku-English Shepherds ayisithupha ne-PRA kanye nangu-20 ngaphandle kwayo.
The I-University of Cambridge, esivele ihlome ngezinsizakalo zokusiza abanikazi bezinja ukuba bagweme ukukhiqiza imidlwane enezinkinga zofuzo, yahlonza ngokushesha isakhi sofuzo se-PRA futhi yakha ukuhlolwa kwezentengiselwano ze-mouth-swab kubanikazi bezinja.
Isakhi sofuzo siyaphindaphindeka, okusho ukuthi inja yesilisa nensikazi ehilelekile ekuzaleni kufanele iphathe isakhi sofuzo ukuze umdlwane uthuthukise i-PRA. Ngenxa yokuzalanisa, amathuba okuba lokhu kwenzeke aphezulu ezinjeni kunabantu.
“Ngenxa yentengo yesaka elihle lokudla kwezinja, abantu sebengakwazi ukuthi i-English Shepherd yabo ihlolelwe i-Progressive Retinal Atrophy ngaphambi kokuzalanisa,” kusho. UDkt. Cathryn Mellersh, umbhali wezifundo eziphezulu kanye nomcwaningi wezilwane waseCambridge.
“Imayelana nokuvikela, kunokwelapha, kusho isamba esikhulu kubantu abazalanisa lezi zinja.
Akusadingeki bakhathazeke ngokuthi imidlwane izoba nempilo yini noma izoba nalesi sifo esibi eminyakeni embalwa ezayo.”
Impact Beyond Dogs
Ngokuthakazelisayo, i-PRA ihlobene eduze ne-retinitis pigmentosa, isifo samehlo esitholakala kubantu. Imininingwane ezuzwe kulolu cwaningo ingase futhi isikhanyisele ngokulahleka kombono womuntu.
Ifa likaShola
Nakuba u-Shola engasakwazi ukuhlenga abaqwayizi abavaleleke, amadodakazi akhe, akhululekile ku-PRA, aqede ukuqeqeshwa kwawo ne-Mountain Rescue Search Dogs England. Eqinisweni, “enye yazo yasindisa ukuphila komuntu emasontweni amathathu edlule,” ngokombiko wezindaba waseCambridge.
Ulwazi olubanzi
Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe nge-PRA, vakashela Isikhungo Sezempilo saseCornell University sikaRichard P. Riney Canine.
Source: I-University of Cambridge
