Article: Does Wealth Predict Health Among Dogs in a Protected Area?
Human ecology. 2021 Dec., v. 49, no. 6
2021
Abstract: As the world's most ubiquitous carnivore, domestic dogs maintain unique proximity to human populations. Partly because dogs potentially serve as hosts of zoonotic diseases, determinants of canine health are increasingly the focus of interdisciplinary ... ...
Abstract | As the world's most ubiquitous carnivore, domestic dogs maintain unique proximity to human populations. Partly because dogs potentially serve as hosts of zoonotic diseases, determinants of canine health are increasingly the focus of interdisciplinary research. Emerging perspectives suggest that dogs' health may vary as a function of their owners' wealth and financial resources, a correlation that could potentially inform public health programs and conservation efforts. The objective of this study was to evaluate associations between household wealth and the health of domestic dogs (n = 208) among indigenous Mayangna communities in the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua. The dogs were evaluated using serum biochemistry, complete blood count, and physical exam findings. Using these data, a principal components analysis (PCA) determined the presence of four "syndromes": 1) decreased body condition score (BCS) & hypoalbuminemia; 2) lymphocytosis & eosinophilia; 3) segmented neutrophilia; and 4) lymphadenopathy, tick infestation, & hyperglobulinemia. An inventory of possessions indexed household wealth. For all four syndromes, household wealth was a weak and uninformative predictor of the dogs' health. The few differences seen among dogs from households with different degrees of wealth likely reflect that nearly all dogs had marginal health and all households were relatively poor. Results from this study imply that owners' wealth may have diverse effects on canine health in rural settings. |
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Keywords | blood ; blood chemistry ; body condition ; carnivores ; conservation areas ; dogs ; eosinophilia ; household income ; humans ; hypoalbuminemia ; interdisciplinary research ; inventories ; lymphatic diseases ; public health ; tick infestations ; Nicaragua |
Language | English |
Dates of publication | 2021-12 |
Size | p. 795-808. |
Publishing place | Springer US |
Document type | Article |
ZDB-ID | 216107-2 |
ISSN | 0300-7839 |
ISSN | 0300-7839 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10745-021-00282-5 |
Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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