Manuel Weber

Expedición en solitario en kayak a los Petenes /Solo kayak expedition to Los Petenes

2012-01-25T15:20:00.001-06:00

Sea kayak video/ Video de kayak en Campeche

2012-01-10T14:35:00.001-06:00

Incongruencias del Reino Unido/ UK incongruences

2011-11-27T11:03:00.008-06:00

Algo realmente increible y ridículo del Reino Unido, es lo caro que pueden llegar a ser algunas cosas y la mala calidad de estas. Para ejemplo un botón: El primer b&b/hotel a donde llegué (Hamsted Britannia Hotel) costaba £95 libras esterlinas la noche (desayuno incluido) que son como $2,300 pesos diarios! Con ese dinero puedes pagar una noche en el Holiday Inn en Mexico y no tener esto:El

Fotos de Londres/Pics from London

2011-11-27T09:14:00.008-06:00

Algunas fotos de Londres, Reino Unido / Some pics from London, UKTube station stairs / Escaleras del metroThe Royal Veterinary College, University of LondonThe Tames river and behind The London Bridge /Un puente en el rio Tames y atras el puente de LondresA pub / Un típico bar de LondresOxford StreetThe Tube /El metroLa casa donde estuve hospedado temporalmente en un b&b (bloody $$!)Hospital

Sabático /Sabbatical year

2011-05-19T20:49:00.000-05:00

I will be in my sabbatical year in London, UK from September 2011 to September 2012 (and possibly longer). I will be associated with the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London and travelling to field proyects in Africa (Tanzania and Ghana) and possibly India.Both my Gmail and institutional mail accounts will remain up, but I would probably be checking them less frecuently.I would not

Course on Conservation Medicine 2011 / Curso en Medicina de la Conservación 2011

2011-05-18T09:30:00.003-05:00

.------------------------------------------------------------------------WILD ANIMAL HEALTH AND CONSERVATION MEDICINE2010 COURSE,August 1st- August 30th, 2011El Colegio de la Frontera SurECOSURCampeche, MexicoThis is a postgraduate course that is part of the ECOSUR curricula in M. Sc. (Natural Resource Management) and Ph. D (Ecology and Sustainable Development) with a 6 credits

Ocupado pero pronto de regreso/ Busy but I'll be right back

2010-09-25T22:41:00.004-05:00

Hola,No he puesto nada en el blog por mucho tiempo. He estado muy ocupado y con poco tiempo. Pronto habrá nueva información sobre nuevos proyectos, estudiantes, hobbies, etc...Un abrazo!__________Hi there,I've been away from the blog for a long time. The reason is that I have been so busy in the last months. Soon there will be new information on new projects, students, hobbies, etc...Keep tunned!

Fauna Mexicana Amenazada de Expansión: Caricatura de Calderón

2010-06-19T14:11:00.000-05:00

Feral dogs and cats project, first part has finished/ Primera etapa del proyecto de perros ferales terminó

2010-04-14T13:43:00.005-05:00

. The first part of the PNUD-CONANP funded project on feral dogs and cats in the Petenes Biosphere Reserve has finished. Here the executive summary of the final report of the project _________________ La primera etapa del proyecto financiado por el PNUD-CONANP sobre perros y gatos ferales en la Reserva de la Biósfera Los Petenes ha terminado. Aquí el resúmen ejecutivo del informe final. ____

Zoonosis in wildlife: study in Calakmul/Estudio de zoonosis en Calakmul

2010-04-12T16:21:00.002-05:00

Sergio Guerrero-Sánchez, master of sciences student, recently finished his courses and begin the field work for his thesis on a study about the zoonotic and anthropozoonotic risk in marsupials and medium-sized carnivores in Calakmul.So far, during the first three months of field work, Sergio and the rest of the team trapped and sampled more than 60 possums (of the three species), three gray

More Dermatemys work! / Más trabajo con Dermatemys

2010-04-08T13:38:00.004-05:00

Judith Rangel-Mendoza is back with the team but now as a Doctoral student. She will be undergoing an ambitious doctoral project analyzing the health, ecological and environmental factors affecting the management of Dermatemys mawii (one of the most endangered fresh water turtles in the world) in Tabasco, Mexico.Here some pictures of Judith and her field work!More information about this project

Energy /Energía

2010-03-04T13:33:00.002-06:00

“History shows clearly that humanity is moved forward not by peoplewho stop at every moment in an attempt to gauge the ultimate successof their venture, but by those who think deeply about what is right andput all their energy into it.”- Nobel Prize winner Murray Gell-Mann

Can animal rights activists and conservationists find common ground?

2010-02-24T13:13:00.003-06:00

Copyright Conservation Maven: Can animal rights activists and conservationists find common ground? Jan 26, 2010 Axis deer (Axis axis), common in native India, along with fallow deer (Dama dama), native to Europe, had increased to 1100 individuals at Point Reyes prior to

Out of circulation-Surgery / Fuera de circulación-Cirugía

2010-01-21T10:28:00.002-06:00

From late December, I have been out of contact due to an inguinal hernia. I went to surgery to correct it, but due to some post-op complications (severe swelling, oedema) I will be further out of circulation and in recovery for some time. For that reason, I am not answering most e-mails, but the absolutely necessary, since December 2009.Cheers_________________Debido a una hernia inguinal y a

Conservation Medicine postgrad course 2009 pictures and stories / Curso de posgrado Medicina de la Conservación 2009: fotos e histórias

2009-11-12T12:41:00.005-06:00

The 2009 version of the Conservation Medicine postgraduate course in ECOSUR was another success!. This year the course was truly international as we got 4 students from abroad (The Netherlands, Colombia, Peru and Guatemala) and 4 students from Mexico. The students were:From ECOSUR postgraduate program:Mauricio Casas (PhD student, Tapachula, Chiapas)Sergio Guerrero (M Sc student, SCLC, Chiapas)

Ecosur a puertas abiertas 2009 / Ecosur "open doors" 2009

2009-11-11T13:17:00.005-06:00

Ayer fue ECOSUR "a puertas abiertas", un evento que permite la interacción de la institución con el sector social. Nos visitaron varias escuelas primarias y secundarias de Campeche y se les explico lo que que se trabaja en el área de Medicina de la Conservación con una pequeña exhibición de material (cráneos, fotos y equipo de campo como trampas Tomahawk).Gracias a Victor Villalobos, Guillermo

20,000 hits! / 20,000 entradas!

2009-10-14T14:22:00.002-05:00

No comments / Sin comentarios(Lack of time / En parte porque no tengo tiempo!):)

Snake bites & first aid in the field / Mordeduras de serpientes y primeros auxilios

2009-09-18T16:20:00.004-05:00

.Several times, people ask me to give a presentation on what to do (and what NOT to do) in case of a snake bite in the field.I am uploading here the presentation as a PDF file as well as another PDF with a basic first aid kit for the field.Hope it would be useful!---------------------------------------Muchas veces la gente me pide que de esta presentación sobre que hacer (y que NO hacer) en caso

First feral dog in Calakmul / Primer perro feral atrapado en Calakmul

2009-09-09T10:59:00.008-05:00

.During our last field trip to the Greater Calakmul Region (GCR) we trapped this female feral dog deep in the jungle of Pach Uitz (about 50 km north of the north core area of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve). The animal was trapped about five kilometers from the village in the middle of a large, almost continuous block of tropical forest.The animal, an adult female, was partially blind from the

Fuera por un año del SNI: El Sistema de investigación y sus trucos / Out for one year of the National Research System

2009-09-07T10:57:00.014-05:00

.Algo triste, injusto y muy, muy estúpido me acaba de suceder. He quedado fuera del SNI (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores) por todo el 2010 porque dejé pasar la fecha de renovación (permanencia en mi caso) y no apliqué este año a la convocatoria.Mi contrato con el SNI dice "vigencia hasta el 31 de Diciembre del 2009" y yo asumí (estúpidamente) que debía aplicar a promoción y permanencia el 2010

The story of 0016 ocelot / La historia del ocelote 0016

2009-07-20T13:09:00.008-05:00

.The eyes of No.0016_________________________________________________Llevábamos una semana en el poblado de Pach Uitz (en maya significa "el cerro de atrás") trampeando pequeños y medianos carnívoros como parte de uno de los proyectos de investigación FOMIX. Desde el primer día que llegamos con las trampas se nos acercó un amable lugareño de nombre Santos para solicitarnos que colocáramos un par

Capture and handling of a Four-eyed possum /Captura y manejo de una zarigüeya cuatro ojos

2009-07-01T19:45:00.007-05:00

.During the last field trip to the Los Petenes Biosphere Reserve we captured several specimens of the three species of marsupials in Campeche (the common possum Didelphis virginiana, the neotropical possum D. marsupialis and the four-eyed possum Philander opossum). Here some pics of one male and one female of the last two species:An angry four-eyed possumWe also captured several D. marsupialis.

Disease Ecology book/Libro sobre ecología de enfermedades

2009-06-17T19:22:00.000-05:00

I just bought this excellent book on Disease Ecology (Infectious Disease Ecology-Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Diseases on Ecosystems by Richard Ostfeld, Felicia Kessing and Valerie Eviner, Princeton University Press, 2008).The book is highly recommended. I just read the first two chapters and it is excellent. It deals with a variety of topics on disease ecology ranging from vector

15000 hits! / 15000 entradas al blog!

2009-05-13T11:50:00.003-05:00

15000 hits to the blog since October, 2005!I might consider giving a party!:)Thank you and keep on coming!_______________________15000 entradas al blog y en aumento desde Octubre, 2005!Estoy pensando hacer una fiesta para celebrar!:)Gracias y sigan viniendo!

UNAM: first Avian Ecomedicine Lab / UNAM instala primer lab de Ecomedicina Aviar

2009-05-03T20:46:00.003-05:00

La Jornada.Instala la UNAM el primer laboratorio de ecomedicina aviar Su objetivo es analizar el hábitat natural de estas especies para detectar si existe o no un riesgo por el contagio de determinados virus. Laura Poy Publicado: 03/05/2009 17:08 México, DF. Como medida de prevención,y a fin de detectar

Influenza en Mexico V: Los casos en Asia / The flu in Mexico: relevance of the cases in Asia

2009-04-29T16:38:00.008-05:00

WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5 / OMS sube a nivel 5 de riesgo de pandemiaLink to WHO VIDEO at BBCRight after the first human casualty from swine flu in the US was diagnosed.hmm...UPDATE MAY, 1sth, 2009:FIRST CASE REPORTED IN CHINA (link: BBC)China has now confirmed its first case, taking the tally of nations hit to 14. A Mexican man who had travelled to Hong Kong via

Influenza en Mexico IV / The flu in Mexico IV

2009-04-29T13:22:00.009-05:00

It is amazing the amount of mumbo-jumbo that is circulating in the internet and the news regarding the swine flu epidemic in Mexico and elsewhere. Some hypothesis are so stupid that it won't deserve mention here (such as a mail a receive today saying that the flu was brought here by Obama to kill all the narcos!, or another suggesting it is a major conspirational business between the

Influenza en Mexico III: los orígenes / The flu in Mexico III: origin

2009-04-28T23:35:00.007-05:00

.En tiempos difíciles el humor es importante! / A bit of good humor!Por culpa de este escuicle! / It is all his fault!:)(Gracias Lucy! Realmente me hiciste reir!)Nuevo billete de $20 pesos / New $20 pesos billRecovered patient after swine flu / Paciente recuperado después de la influenza porcina.(Gracias a Jorge Weber por las dos últimas!)

Influenza en Mexico II / The flu in Mexico II

2009-04-28T22:36:00.015-05:00

More than 160 (7 confirmed by certified lab tests, 160 suspected deaths and more than 2400 suspected infected, unconfirmed) cases are today (April, 28th) believed to have died from swine influenza in Mexico. All the deaths are in Mexico despite 64 laboratory confirmed human cases with no deaths in the US and laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths in Canada (6), the United Kingdom (5), Spain (

Influenza en Mexico I / The flu in Mexico I

2009-04-26T11:24:00.018-05:00

There is obvious concern in Mexico and elsewhere for the outbreak of swine influenza (H1N1) that recently hit Mexico City, the State of Mexico and San Luis Potosi. But the management of information by the government and the media has been terrible.Some examples:1. It was not until yesterday (April 24th) , that the right name: swine influenza was used in the official speeches. Previously they

Los cachorros de ozzy/ Ozzy´s puppies

2009-04-24T20:59:00.002-05:00

.Ozzy tuvo 10 cachorros y aquí van una fotos. Están a la venta así que si quieren un pastor ganadero australiano (Blue heeler) , pónganse en contacto. Aún me quedan 1 macho y 2 hembras.------------------------------------Pictures of the 10 puppies of Ozzy. They are for sale so if you are interested in Australian Cattle Dogs (Blue heeler), hurry up! I still have 1 male and 2 females available.

PROGRAMA DE BECAS 2009-2010

2009-03-31T10:02:00.000-06:00

.El Colegio de la Frontera SurUnidad Campeche Proyectos FOMIX-Campeche 2009-2011PNUD-CONANP 2009-2010Te convocan a concursar por una de las 14 becas de estudio para la elaboración de tesis de Licenciatura, Maestría y Doctorado(OJO: En este programa buscamos reclutar preferentemente estudiantes ya inscritos en posgrados nacionales e internacionales con los créditos cubiertos y buscando temas y

Pensamientos sobre el activismo en pro de los derechos animales / Thoughts on animal right´s activism

2009-03-11T22:28:00.019-06:00

Sin duda soy alguien que se preocupa (y ocupa) por los animales y en ocasiones también por su "derechos", sin embargo nunca he hecho activismo (de ningún tipo) y creo que nunca lo haría. La principal razón de ello, es que soy bastante escéptico y cuestiono fuertemente los efectos positivos que el activismo tiene en la generación de cambios a gran escala -con algunas contadas excepciones-, no así

Estudiante de licenciatura se gradua con tesis sobre lesiones en tortuga carey / Bachelor student graduated with thesis on injuries of sea turtles

2009-02-12T14:37:00.018-06:00

.Pedro examinando una tortuga carey en Punta Xen CampechePedro examinando la aleta de una tortuga carey en busca de epibiontes y lesionesPedro Ontiveros, estudiante de biología de la UAC se graduó como biólogo con la tesis bajo mi dirección:"CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LESIONES EXTERNAS Y EPIBIONTES EN HEMBRAS DE TORTUGA CAREY (Eretmochelys imbricata) EN LA TEMPORADA DE ANIDACIÓN 2007 EN EL CAMPAMENTO

Más fotos del proyecto PNUD-ferales / More pics proyect PNUD-ferals

2009-02-11T12:22:00.001-06:00

.Más fotos de trabajo en el proyecto PNUD-ferales / More pics of the work on this projectDidelphis virginiana (or marsupialis) tracksTypical domestic dogs in a Mayan community of the RBLP. The dog on the left has advanced mange. The other two has got it in the legs as well. Scabies (mange) incidence is extremely high in Campeche. My best guess with preliminary data is that it is probably higher

Avances proyecto perros y gatos ferales en Campeche / Update of the project on feral dogs and cats

2009-02-10T15:10:00.002-06:00

.Feral dog in a similar habitat to that in the RBLP.Picture copyright USGS 2005___________________________________________________________Last December 2008 we started the project on feral and free-ranging dogs and cats in the Los Petenes Biosphere Reserve (RBLP), Campeche. We are particularly interested in documenting the impacts of these predators on the populations of native wildlife. We

Área de estudio proyecto PNUD-ferales / Study area PNUD/ferals proyect

2009-02-10T09:26:00.004-06:00

.Aquí un mapa hecho por el M en C. Sergio Padilla de nuestra área de estudio en la Reserva de la Biósfera de los Petenes (RBLP) dentro del proyecto sobre la ecología de perros y gatos asilvestrados.__________________________Our study area in the RBLP in the proyect on the ecology of feral dogs and cats(map by Sergio Padilla Paz)Una de nuestras hipótesis es que existirá un gradiente en la

Niña mexicana de 11 años habla de la ciencia y el futbol en México

2009-02-09T09:14:00.004-06:00

.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } .Impresionante!(Gracias a Alejandro por enviarnos esta interesantísima nota)-------------------Rene Drucker Colin: Una muestra de la vida nacional. Publicado en la JornadaEl 4 de junio del 2008, Carolina Aranda Cruz, de 11 años, estudiante de quinto de primaria, fue invitada a dar un discurso en el

De la naturaleza humana y del porqué prefiero estudiar animales / On human nature and why I rather study animals

2009-01-24T20:02:00.015-06:00

.Hace poco tuve una interesante platica con un amigo sobre la naturaleza humana. Primero como veterinario y ahora como ecólogo siempre he tenido un fuerte sesgo y preferencia hacia los animales, que forman obviamente el centro de mi trabajo e intereses académicos. En esta conversación surgió el tema de la naturaleza humana vs. la naturaleza animal.Argumentaba a mi amigo que una de las razones por

12,000 Hits / 12,000 entradas al blog

2009-01-17T13:01:00.006-06:00

.Today, the counter got 12,000 hits in the blog. I never expected this many hits in 3 years since its creation in October 2005 as a simple academic experiment. It is good to know that people found my blog interesting and that they visit it regularly from time to time.Since I put my publications here in PDF I noticed a steady increase in the number of hits. No doubt at least half the people that

Tortugas muertas y con mutilaciones / Sea turtle carcassess with injuries

2009-01-12T11:54:00.010-06:00

.Recientemente en un viaje en cuatrimoto encontramos cerca de Sabancuy a esta tortuga carey muerta con graves lesiones en una de sus aletas como resultado de haberse atorado en una red de pesca. Como se puede observar el animal lucho por desenredarse hasta dejar la piel y músculos de su aleta totalmente rotos hasta llegar al hueso, en su desesperación por no morir ahogada. La otra tortuga (una

New projects for 2009 / Proyectos nuevos aprobados para 2009

2008-12-21T09:02:00.002-06:00

.El año de 2009 pinta que será uno de muchísimo trabajo. El grupo de colegas "Italians" (el nombre por las reuniones de trabajo de los viernes en el café Italian coffee) nos aprobaron tres nuevos proyectos para 2009-2010.1. "Perros (Canis familiaris) y gatos (Felis catus) asilvestrados en la Reserva de la Biosfera Los Petenes, Campeche, México:Diagnóstico, efectos en la fauna nativa y

Conservation Medicine course 2008 a success / Finaliza con exito el curso 2008 de Medicina de la Conservación

2008-11-01T20:37:00.014-06:00

.The 2008 version of the Conservation Medicine postgraduate course finished last Friday 31sth of October. This year we had a female-majority of students and a large (5) representation of M. Sc students reading for fisheries, oceanic and aquatic parasitology. The other 3 students are reading terrestrial ecology, ornithology and wildlife management. Alexander Blanco from Venezuela and Guillermo

Conference on Harpy eagle / Conferencia sobre águila Harpía

2008-10-08T21:11:00.007-05:00

.Foto copyright 2008 Alexander Blanco MárquezPhoto copyright 2008 Alexander Blanco MárquezESTIMADA COMUNIDAD ECOSUR Y PÚBLICO EN GENERALEN EL MARCO DE LA SEMANA NACIONAL DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍASE REALIZARÁ LA CONFERENCIA:El águila Harpía (Harpia harpyja) como detective del paisaje en la reserva forestal de Imataca, VenezuelaImpartido por :M. V. Pilar Alexander Blanco MárquezMinisterio del

Outstanding student from Venezuela arrives / Llega destacado estudiante de Venezuela

2008-10-08T20:47:00.009-05:00

.Photo copyright 2008 Alexander BlancoDuring the last weekend arrived Alexander Blanco Márquez, veterinarian from Venezuela to attend the Wild Animal Health and Consevation Biology 2008 course.Alexander is the director of the Fundación de Zooloógicos y Acuarios de Venezuela and responsible since 1998 of the Harpy eagle conservation program in this southamerican country. Alex has also work on the

First ATV expedition Campeche / Primera Expedición ATV en Campeche

2008-09-15T10:13:00.020-05:00

.Last Sunday September, 14th of 2008, as a celebration of the 198th anniversary of the Independence of Mexico, a good friend of mine, Pablo Mech, M. D. (on his Suzuki 250 cc) and I, went for a first ATV expedition on the coast of Campeche . We planned to make it from the sea turtle conservation camps of Punta Xen and Chen Kan to the fishing village of Sabancuy. It is a route of about 30-35 km of

My new toy / Mi nuevo juguetito

2008-09-01T10:20:00.007-05:00

.As I am getting more and more into the ATV world, today I bought this little toy to start myself with: A brand new Honda Fourtrax TRX FE 2008, 420 cc, 4x4. This "toy" has a lot of advantages: Not only it is exciting and adrenaline-provider for someone like me but also I can use it in my work to get into places that I cannot get access with a normal vehicle. So both for pleasure and for work this

Campeche City-The place where I live

2008-08-23T18:00:00.002-05:00

.This is the city of Campeche, in the Yucatan Peninsula, where I live.A view from the "Mirador" of the sea-side of Campeche, City.Campeche is a 450 years-old colonial city. This is a beautiful example of one of the typical buildings in down-town.The malecon (sea-side) during the 2005 Campeche Carnival.Kids dressed as Aztecs for the 2005 Carnival.A typical sunset in Campeche City. It is said that

Student graduated with thesis on hawksbill turtle/ Se gradua estudiante de licenciatura con estudio de tortuga carey

2008-08-22T08:08:00.004-05:00

.On August 21sth, 2008, Adriana Guzmán-Ricardez graduated with a bachelor of science (biology) successfully defending her thesis "Comparison of the characteristics of the beaches in places with and without nesting of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Champtón, Campeche, Mexico". Congratulations Adriana!A job well done!_________________________________El día 21 de Agosto del 2008, se

Ozzy

2008-07-22T19:05:00.014-05:00

.A few pictures of my dog, Ozzy. She is a 10 months-old (now), Australian Cattle Dog (Blue heeler). She loves to go for long hikes and chew her tennis ball for hours.Ozzy when she was a 2 months old puppy and adopted me.Ozzy when 2 months oldThis is Ozzy when 5 months oldThis is she more or less at 5 months old after she got a fisure of her left femur bone, when jumping like crazy from my truck.

Limb amputation in a Green iguana /Amputación de la pata de una Iguana verde

2008-05-14T11:24:00.008-05:00

.A few months ago, some policeman friends of mine contacted me to check an iguana that they found injured in a major road. The animal turned to be a wild adult male green iguana that was hit by a car. It got a completelly broken hind limb that has to be amputated. After two weeks recovering in my back-yard, the animal start eating and drinking well and it was taken back into the wild. Here some

Croc hunter graduated/ Cazador de cocodrilos se gradúa

2008-05-07T09:09:00.007-05:00

.Last 26th of March, Sergio Padilla, student and good friend as well as the Mexican version of the "Crocodile hunter", graduated with honors for his Masters degree in Natural Resources Managament in ECOSUR, Well done and congratulations Sergio!__________________________El pasado 26 de Marzo, nuestro querido Sergio Padilla (la versión mexicana del "Cazador de Cocodrilos") se graduó con honores de

Lotus Notes: The most-hated software in history? /¿Es Lotus Notes el software mas odiado en la historia del planeta?

2008-04-28T10:44:00.013-05:00

.Recently, my institution acquired Lotus Notes as the institutional e-mail client and asked some of us to test it. After a month of "testing it" (I use brackets here because I should say "frustrating myself trying to test this horrible thing", instead) I was shocked not only by how useless, ugly and inefficient this platform is but also by the fact that it has been in the marked for so long and

Invitación

2008-03-14T13:16:00.005-06:00

. COORDINACIÓN DE POSGRADO UNIDAD CAMPECHE I N V I T A C I Ó NLa Coordinación de Posgrado Unidad Campeche, extiende una cordial invitación para que asistan al:EXAMEN DE GRADOdel alumno de Maestría:Biól. Sergio Eduardo Padilla PazMiércoles 26 de Marzo de 200814:00 hrs.Sala de Usos Múltiples de ECOSURTítulo de Tesis

Graduate student M. Sc thesis defense soon

2008-03-14T10:27:00.008-06:00

.Graduate student Sergio Padilla would be defending his M. Sc thesis entitled:" Hematology, body index and external injuries of Morelet´s crocodiles (Crocodylus moreletii) in the northern wetlands of Campeche, Mexico"on March, 26th, 2008 at 14.00 (Mexico City Time) at the Main hall in ECOSUR Campeche, México.Here the abstract of the thesis:From April to August of 2007, 52 wild and 51 captive

Dermatemys study: MSc student graduated last December 2007

2008-01-17T12:59:00.001-06:00

.Neck injury in a white river turtle (Dematemys mawii) Judith (pink shirt) and her team in Pantanos de Centla, capturing Dermatemys turtles.A wild, healthy white river turtle. Dermatemys blood as seen from a blood smear. All images courtesy and copyright by Judith Rangel-Mendoza.____________________________________Judith Rangel-Mendoza graduated last December with the Master of Sciences thesis "

Histopathology of toothless croc / Histopatología del cocodrilo

2007-10-17T14:28:00.001-05:00

.Here are some interesting images of the histopathology of the liver and kidney of the toothless crocodile / Algunas imágenes de la histopatología de higdo y riñon del cocodrilo sin dientes.Temptative dx was chronic lead poisoning perhaps compounded with vitamin A deficiency/ El Dx tentativo presupone envenenamiento crónico con plomo, quizás exacervado con una deficiencia crónica de vitamina

Necropsy of a toothless crocodile / Necropsia de cocodrilo sin dientes

2007-10-01T09:51:00.001-05:00

.Last month, a 3 meters long, captive -but wild caught as an adult-, 103 kg, toothless Morelet´s crocodile (Crocodilus moreletti) died in the CETMAR (Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico del Mar) in the city of Campeche, Mexico. They have more than 200 crocs for education purposes and it is one of the largest captive croc facilities in the southeast of Mexico.They call us right away after the

Selected publications / Publicaciones selectas

2007-08-03T11:10:00.046-05:00

.You need Adobe Reader to read this .pdf files / Necesitas tener Adobe Reader para leer estas publicaciones en .pdfClick here to get it free/Haz click aquí para bajarlo gratis_____________Reverse chronological order / Orden cronológico inversoBooks / Libros: [1] Galindo-Leal, C. y M. Weber. 1998. El Venado de la Sierra Madre Occidental: ecología, manejo y conservación. CONABIO-EDICUSA.

Ecology of wildlife diseases and parasites in Campeche/ Ecología de enfermedades y parásitos en fauna silvestre de Campeche

2007-06-01T12:08:00.002-05:00

.I am interested in recruiting students (1 for MSc and 1 for PhD) for a project looking to understand the ecology of diseases and parasites in selected wildlife populations in Campeche. We begin by examining road-killed wildlife and then by other approaches such as trapping and sampling of selected wildlife populations (check also the student pages in this blog for more info on current projects).

Hawksbill turtles injuries & health / Lesiones y salud de tortugas Carey

2007-05-30T12:53:00.001-05:00

. Marine turtle found dead in a Colombian beachTortuga marina golfína encontrada muerta en la playa. (photo in Parque Nacional Ensenada de Utria, Choco, Colombia en 1998)The world conservation community became worried in the 90's when an ever increasing number of cases of marine turtles with fibropapilomas suggested a global pandemic of the disease in these reptiles (mainly Careta careta and

Avances en el estudio de hematología y lesiones de cocodrilos Moreleti

2007-05-25T12:49:00.001-05:00

. Cocodrilos Moreleti sub-adultos en cautiverio en el Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico del Mar (CETMAR) en la Ciudad de Campeche.¿Como afectan las actividades humanas en la salud de poblaciones de cocodrilos de pantano (Cocodrilus moreletti)?Para tratar de contestar esta pregunta de investigación, este proyecto (del estudiante de maestría Sergio Padilla Paz) va avanzando en forma interesante.

Avances en la comparación del hábitat (playas) con y sin anidación de tortugas Carey en Campeche

2007-05-25T12:04:00.001-05:00

.Palapas del desarrollo turístico Playa Esmeralda, Punta Xen Campeche. Véase las características rocas de las playas del litoral Campechano. Las tortugas Carey (Eretmochelys imbricata) anidan en estas playas sin importar -aparentemente- como se encuentren las mismas. El proyecto pretende contestar a la siguiente pregunta:¿Que efectos tienen las características físicas de las playas en la

My new nature photography blog is online!

2007-03-09T13:23:00.001-06:00

.Hi everyone,This blog was originally planned as an extension to my ECOSUR personal web page. It has become a way to inform my students and colleagues about my academic interests, endeavors and the kind. Now I have a more personal blog about my other passion: nature photography.So, if you are another photography gig as me or just enjoy watching technically and artistically pleasing pictures of

Double-Hurray! UNAM among the best 100 Universities in the world!

2005-11-14T12:33:00.001-06:00

.Well, it happened just as predicted in 2005!: The TIMES has published its 2006 World University Rankings:UNAM went up from place 95 in 2005 to be 74th BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD!Double Hurray for the PUMAS! I am so proud and happy of my first ALMA MATTER!At the same time, Durham University went down from being number 83 in 2005 to number 132.Poor Durham! But...bloody hell, I heard that Durham

Wildlife health in south-east Mexico: the start of a new research program

2005-11-01T10:38:00.002-06:00

. Pathologist examining a crow dead from West Nile Virus (copy right ABC news)After working for more than 15 years both as an ecologist and as a wildlife vet in deer ecology, conservation and management, I am finally moving on.For years, my dream has been to link my careers as a wildlife veterinarian with my work as a professional ecologist. This new, emerging, discipline (Conservation Medicine)

Deer ecology and conservation in Mexico and Latin America: an overview of my work

2005-10-30T22:45:00.005-06:00

.For more than 15 years, I have been studding deer in Mexico and Latin America.Most of my initial deer research was with white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus couesi) in the north-west of Mexico (Durango). Later, I moved to the Yucatan peninsula to launch a long-term study (1996-2001) on sympatric populations ofthe endemic Yucatan brown brocket deer (Mazama pandora), red brocket deer (Mazama

Calakmul: The true last "wilderness" frontier in Mexico?

2005-10-30T20:09:00.001-06:00

. When I first came to Campeche (invited by Carlos Galindo-Leal to coordinate an ambitious research program for Stanford University, for three years) I found the state freaking hot and humid, too flat and a bit dull...I was about to say no, until I went to Calakmul. We spent a cold November night at the core of the Calakmul site, and then the magic happened...I was hooked...forever.Many things

Curriculum vitae

2005-10-30T17:16:00.019-06:00

.Education: Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)National University of MexicoUNAM, Mexico City, Mexico (1988).Master of Science (M. Sc.) Wild Animal HealthRoyal Veterinary College, and Zoological Society of London,University of London, United Kingdom (2000).Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) Animal EcologySchool of Biological and Biomedical Sciences,Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom. (2005)(A

About me (sports, hobbies and who the heck am I)

2005-10-29T07:38:00.015-05:00

.Training in a wildlife conservation workshop in Tikal National Park, Guatemala in 1998This is the difficult part: to write something about me. I come from a large, middle class family from Mexico City. My love and interest in nature started -strangely- when I was a little kid accompanying my second older brother to his hunting expeditions. As a kid, I went to a man-only private catholic school (

My nature-wildlife photography obsession

2005-10-28T13:56:00.001-05:00

.Nature photography(check my nature photography blog -here-)I have a passion for nature and wildlife photography. Unfortunately, science is a demanding activity and I barely find time these days to go out and practice photography as much as I would like. I have been taking pictures in the outdoors since I was a kid, but it was just recently (2000) that I took photography much more seriously and