A. Species
Scientific name: Dasypus novemcinctus
Common name(s): Nine-banded armadillo
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Amazonas
Country/Region: Brazil / Amazon
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: Two rural communities, São Jorg and Corpus Christi, near the city of Belterra in western Para´ state
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2016
End Year: 2016
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not the subject looked at in this study
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not the subject looked at in this study.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: This study focused on whether sylvan leprosy exists in wild armadillos in this area and whether activities related to hunting, killing, preparing or handling the armadillo meat for consumption, as well as the frequency of armadillo in the diet had any effect on humans catching leprosy, or on antibody (anti-PGL-I titer) levels among those people involved.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Interruption of infection by zoonotic transmission (armadillo-to-human) needs to be addressed by the World Health Organization, although this may prove challenging. Nevertheless, determining the extent of infection in these wild animals and applying whole genome sequencing t identify strain types circulating in armadillos and human populations interacting with them is important to clarify the relative risk that nonhuman reservoirs have in the transmission of this(and perhaps other) tropical diseases and may help to improve strategies to combat leprosy.
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006532
Date of record entry: 2022-11-23