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bat
see chiroptera.
Australian bat lyssavirus disease
a disease identified in 1996 in Australian fruit-eating flying foxes (Pteropus spp.) in which it is presumed endemic and in which it may cause encephalitis; the virus, of the genus Lyssavirus and the family Rhabdoviridae, has also caused fatal rabies-like illness in persons working closely with infected bats.
bat rabies
caused by rabies-like viruses which are antigenically similar to the classical rabies rhabdovirus. Bats also are common carriers of rabies virus transmitting it to other species and between themselves both by bite and by aerosol inhalation of urine. See also lagos and mokola viruses.
BAT
Blunt abdominal trauma. See Blunt trauma.
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With rare and threatened species including lesser horseshoe, greater horseshoe, serotine and pipistrelle bats using buildings for summer and winter roosts, the bats' survival is increasingly dependent on the way traditional buildings are looked after.
Historic buildings play vital role for bats by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
To determine the presence of European bat lyssavirus type 1 in southern Spain, we studied 19 colonies of serotine bats (Eptesicus isabellinus), its main reservoir, during 1998-2003.
Endemic circulation of European bat lyssavirus type 1 in serotine ... by Vazquez-Moron, Sonia; Juste, Javier; Ibanez, Carlos; Ruiz-Villamor, Eduardo; Avellon, Ana; Vera, Man / Emerging Infectious Diseases
I had come then to see the bats and Phil, the bat specialist, gave me an evening full of sightings, including a Leisler's bat and a serotine, a rather big bat, for 10 native species have roosts here.
Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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