Loaʻa ka like o ka Corgi Pembroke a me ka Corgi Cardigan a me ka nui ma kahi o 30 knm i ka maloʻo no ke kaupaona o 9 a 12 kg ma muli o ka moekolohe. He kapa lōkahi ko lāua a me ka undercoat mānoanoa. I ka Pembroke ʻokoʻa nā kala: ʻulaʻula a wīwī paha me ka ʻole a me ka ʻole o ka lāhui keʻokeʻo a ma ka Cardigan nā kala āpau. ʻO ka huelo like a Cardigan me ko ka ʻalopeke, ʻoiai pōkole ko ka Pembroke. Hoʻonohonoho ka Fédération Cynologique Internationale iā lākou i waena o nā hipa a me nā Bouviers.

ʻAʻole pohihihi a hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia nā kumu mōʻaukala o ka Corgi. ʻLelo kekahi e loaʻa ʻo Corgi mai "cur" ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻīlio ma ka ʻōlelo Celtic, ʻoiai manaʻo kekahi e kiʻi ʻia ka huaʻōlelo mai "cor" ʻo ia hoʻi ka dwarf ma Welsh. ʻO Pembrokeshire lāua ʻo Cardigan nā wahi mahiʻai ma Wales.

Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Corgis ma ke ʻano he mau ʻīlio kahu hānai, no nā bipi hoʻi. ʻO ka ʻōlelo Pelekania i kēia ʻano ʻīlio kahu hānai ma ke ʻano he "heelers," ʻo ia hoʻi nahu lākou i nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o nā holoholona nui aʻe e neʻe ai. (2)

Ua mālama ʻo Welsh Corgis i kekahi mau ʻano ʻano koʻikoʻi mai ko lākou wā i hala ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio kahu hānai. ʻO ka mea mua, maʻalahi lākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā ʻīlio a hoʻolaʻa loa i nā mea nona. ʻO ka lua, ʻoiai ua koho ʻia lākou e mālama a mālama i nā holoholona o nā holoholona nui aku, ʻaʻole hilahila ʻo Corgis me nā malihini a i ʻole nā ​​holoholona ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea hope loa, he kīnā iki, hiki i ka Corgi ke kele i nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o nā keiki liʻiliʻi, e like me ka pipi ... Akā, hiki ke kāohi ʻia kēia ʻano kūlohelohe e kekahi mau haʻawina aʻo maikaʻi.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, he ʻīlio ʻo Corgis e makemake e ʻoluʻolu i nā mea nona a no laila ke aloha nui a aloha nui hoʻi.

Wahi a ka Kennel Club Dog Breed Health Survey 2014 hou loa ma ʻEnelani, ʻo Corgis Pembroke a me Cardigan kēlā me kēia me ke ola maʻamau ma kahi o 12 mau makahiki. ʻO nā kumu nui o ka make i hōʻike ʻia no Cardigan Corgis ʻo myelomalacia a i ʻole ʻelemakule. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu nui o ka make ma Corgis Pembrokes. (4)

Myelomalacia (Corgi Cardigan)

ʻO Myelomalacia kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi loa o ka hernia i kumu i ka nerosis o ke kuamoʻo a alakaʻi koke i ka make o ka holoholona mai ka maʻi hanu. (5)

Myelopathy degenerative

Wahi a kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia e nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Missouri, ʻo nā ʻīlio ʻo Corgis Pembroke ka mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka myelopathy degenerative.

He maʻi kini kēla e like loa me ka amyotrophic lateral sclerosis i loko o kānaka. He maʻi holomua ia o ka iwi kuamoʻo. Hoʻomaka ka maʻi ma mua o 5 mau makahiki i nā ʻīlio. ʻO nā ʻōuli mua ka nalo ʻana o ke hoʻohui (ataxia) ma nā lālā hope a me ka nāwaliwali (paresis). E hoʻoluli ka ʻīlio e pili ana i ka wā e hele wāwae ana. Maʻa mau nā lālā hope ʻelua, akā hiki ke hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona mua i hoʻokahi lālā ma mua o ka pā ʻana o ka lua i ka hele ʻana o ka maʻi i nā lālā a nāwaliwali a paʻakikī ka ʻīlio i ke kū a hiki i ka ʻīlio ke hele mālie. Hiki ke kau ʻia ka papa maʻi mai 6 mau mahina a 1 makahiki ma mua o ka lilo ʻana o nā ʻīlio i mea maʻi. He maʻi ia

Hoʻomaopopo iki ʻia ka maʻi a i kēia manawa a ʻo ka diagnostic ka mea mua o nā mea āpau, e ke kiʻi resonance ʻume mākenēki, me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻopili i ka iwi kuamoʻo. A laila pono ka nānā ʻana i ka mōʻaukala o ka iwi kuamoʻo e hōʻoia i ke kuhi.

I kekahi mau hihia, hiki ke hana i kahi hoʻokolohua kūlohelohe ma o ka lawe ʻana i kahi mea liʻiliʻi o DNA. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke komo ʻana o nā ʻīlio puree i makemake i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ka gen SOD1 mutated a me nā ʻīlio homozygous no kēia mutation (ʻo ia hoʻi e hōʻike ʻia ka mutation ma nā ʻelua allel o ka ʻāpana) e hoʻomohala i kēia maʻi me ka makahiki. Ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole e hoʻomohala nā ʻīlio e halihali i ka mutation ma hoʻokahi allele (heterozygous) wale nō, akā e lawe paha ia.

I kēia manawa, he mea make ka hopena o kēia maʻi a ʻaʻohe lāʻau i ʻike ʻia. (6)

Hiki iā Corgi ke ʻeha mai nā kūlana maka e like me cataract a i ʻole atrophy retinal holomua.

Hoʻoiho retina holomua

E like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, ʻike ʻia kēia maʻi e ka degeneration holomua o ka retina i hopena i ka nalo ʻana o ka ʻike. hoʻopili ʻia nā maka ʻelua, ʻoi aku a ʻoi iki paha i ka manawa like a like pū kekahi. ʻIke ʻia e ka nānā maka. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi hōʻike DNA e hoʻoholo inā lawe ka ʻīlio i ka hoʻololi no ke ʻano o ka maʻi. Minamina ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau no kēia maʻi a ʻike maka ʻole ʻia ka makapō i kēia manawa. (7)

Kāleka

Ke anuanu nei nā cataract i nā aniani. I ka mokuʻāina maʻamau, he aniani aniani i ka mokuʻāina maʻamau aia i ka kolu mua o ka maka. Pale ke ao i ka mālamalama mai ka hōʻea ʻana i ka retina e hopena i ka makapō.

ʻO ka maʻamau maʻamau ka lawa ʻana o ka loiloi ophthalmologic no ke kuhi. ʻAʻole loaʻa kahi lāʻau lapaʻau, akā, e like me nā kānaka, hiki ke kōkua ʻia e ka ʻoki ʻana e hoʻoponopono i ke ao.

He ʻīlio ola ʻo Corgis a hōʻike i kahi mākaukau ikaika no ka hana. Hoʻololi maʻalahi ka Welsh Corgi i ke ola kūlanakauhale, akā e hoʻomanaʻo he kahu hipa ia ma mua. No laila ua liʻiliʻi ʻo ia akā he ʻālapa. Pono ka hoʻoikaika i ka hana ma waho nui a kahi lōʻihi i kēlā me kēia lā e ʻae iā ia e hoʻonāukiuki i kona ʻano ola a me ka ikehu maoli.

He ʻīlio hoa maikaʻi ʻo ia a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa. E maʻalahi ia i kahi nohona ʻohana me nā keiki. Me kāna kahu kahu hipa passive, he kahu maikaʻi ʻo ia e hōʻole ʻole e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i ke kū ʻana o kahi mea komo i loko o ka palena o ka ʻohana.