The Mange is a mite that causes itching and deaths in animal and humans if not treated.  A parasitic mite’s scientific name are Saccopidae and Demodicidae. The female mite burrows in the skin’s surface about 1in. then lays 20-40 eggs in the hole then she dies. Once the mite matures, they suck the blood of the host then secrete poison the causes itching, hair falling out, and even death. The bacterial infection that results in death due to the scratching. The most interesting thing is about the wolves is that they are being attacked by the mange disease more than any other disease.

The Mange was introduces 1905 in the Northern Rookies because the humans wanted to kill off the wolves and the coyotes. A biologist, Doug Smith work at Yellowstone Park said that people had a different view on wolves in 1905. Yellowstone wolves were gone in 1926. At Yellowstone Park, they introduce the 31 Canadian gray wolves in 1995 and 1996 to rebuild the wolf’s population and they closely monitored. In 2012, there are 98 gray wolves in 10 wolf packs in the park. But they weren’t the only one that come back, the canine sarcoptic mine are back also. In 2007, the researchers were alerted that the mite burrow in the wolves’ skins that cause an severe allergic reaction causing the point of losing their fur. Without their fur, the temperature drop below -4 degrees they have no insulation If one in the pack gets the mites then the whole pack get the infection.

Wolves living in large packs are more likely to become infected. Dr. Emily Almberg of Pennsylvania State University has a theory based on wolves’ territory behavior. One of wolf pack does not go into another wolf pack’s territory, limiting the spreading the disease. In the Yellowstone Park, the climate there was harsh. The large pack of the wolves is 10 and the small pack is 6. All 10 packs are infected. If a male from one pack defeat one male from the other pack then they would cross-contamination. The present of the wolves that is from the age 6 or older has an impacted on the odds of victory. The larger the pack has a bigger chance of winning of defeating the other packs. If 2 packs has the same equal amount of wolves, the group with the oldest then they have a bigger chance winning. The life span of a wolf in Yellow Park is 4 years. Once infant mortality is excluded.

Both people and wolves has something in common, they emit infrared waves making them the warm objects. Healthy wolves that are well insulated are basically the same as the ground temperature, appearing purple and blue with thermal-imaging camera wolves whose coat that is affected by the mange, the coat looks red that’s mean that the heat is escaping from their body. The biologist are researching how to treat mange in wolves. Why would one pack thriving to live while others are surviving?

How does the wolves get this disease from the first place?

How would thermal camera help the wolves from this diseases?

How dangerous can the mange disease be toward humans?