患有侏儒癥的 永遠(yuǎn)的小狗

患有侏儒癥的 永遠(yuǎn)的小狗

Two-year-old Ranger, a purebred German shepherd, is no puppy. His small stature is due to pituitary dwarfism, a genetic condition that appears in certain dog breeds, including German shepherds, corgis and basset hounds.

兩歲的蘭杰是一只純種的德國(guó)牧羊犬，它可不是小狗。他的矮小身材是由于腦下垂體侏儒癥，這是一種遺傳疾病，出現(xiàn)在包括德國(guó)牧羊犬、柯基犬和巴吉特獵犬的某些犬種，。

Ranger’s owner, Phoenix-based Shelby Mayo, knew she’d picked the runt of the litter when she found the petite pup. But she didn’t know he’d stay that small forever.

護(hù)林員主人、居住在鳳凰城的謝爾比·梅奧(Shelby Mayo)知道，當(dāng)她發(fā)現(xiàn)這只小狗崽時(shí)，她選定了最矮的那只。但她不知道他會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)這么小。

“When we originally got Ranger from the breeder, he was smaller than all his other littermates, but we figured that was because he had a parasite,” Mayo told South Wales News Service.

“我們最初從飼養(yǎng)員那里得到蘭杰時(shí)，它比其他所有的同窩伙伴都要小，但我們以為是因?yàn)樗砩嫌屑纳x(chóng)，”梅奧告訴南威爾士新聞社。

She treated Ranger for the parasite, but later found out he had an additional parasite, giardia, plus an “infection” on his neck, so Mayo took him to the vet for treatment. That’s when she found out just how special her sick dog was.

她為蘭杰治療了這種寄生蟲(chóng)，但后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)他還有另外一種寄生蟲(chóng)——賈第鞭毛蟲(chóng)，而且脖子上還有“感染”，所以梅奧帶他去獸醫(yī)那里治療。就在那時(shí)，她發(fā)現(xiàn)這只狗有多么特別。

“During this time Ranger remained very small,” says Mayo, “[And] the vet had suspected that he may have pituitary dwarfism.”

“在這段時(shí)間里蘭杰的體型一直很小，”梅奧說(shuō)，“獸醫(yī)懷疑他可能患有腦下垂體侏儒癥。”

“Over time Ranger still did not get much bigger,” says Mayo, who was eventually convinced he had the recessive genetic disorder, meaning both parents must be a carrier of the mutation, even if they don’t exhibit it themselves.

“隨著時(shí)間的推移，蘭杰仍然沒(méi)有變得更大，”梅奧說(shuō)，他最終確信自己患有隱性遺傳疾病，這意味著父母雙方都是這種突變的攜帶者，即使父母本身并沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)出來(lái)。