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

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Más fotos de trabajo en el proyecto PNUD-ferales / More pics of the work on this project

Didelphis virginiana (or marsupialis) tracks

Typical 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 than 60% in certain localities. Our project will document this accurately. Outbreaks of human scabies take place every year in the rural communities of Campeche. One of the largest that received press attention last year took place in Región de la Montaña, Dzibalchen, Campeche in May 2008. Some communities such as Xmaben presented a prevalence of more than 50% in children and woman. The role of dogs is unknown, but I think is more than obvious. Mite populations are primarily host-specific, so that cases of self-sustaining human scabies are caused by human mites only. The mites, although the same species (Sarcoptes scabiei) are genetically distinct among host populations. However, when the prevalence of dog scabies is very high as it is the case in Campeche, some outbreaks might be zoonotic, as it has been reported in India and Bangladesh.

Adriana interviewing a Mayan woman about dogs and cats in the RBLP

The team setting a track scent station in Hampolol

A dog visiting one of our track scent stations in Concepción.

(Fotos copyright Adriana Guzmán Ricardez)