| first record of hosts for tick carios kelleyi (acari: ixodida: argasidae) in canada and montana. | i found carios kelleyi cooley & kohls (formerly ornithodoros kelleyi) (acari: ixodida: argasidae) on five species of bats (eptesicusfuscus, myotis lucifugus, myotis ciliolabrum, myotis evotis, and myotis volans) in the prairies of southeastern alberta and north central montana. this is the first occurrence of ticks on bats in canada. this is also the first record of c. kelleyi on m. evotis and m. volans. dates of parasitization ranged from 22 may to 17 october, and the number of ticks per host r ... | 2005 | 15962805 |
| characteristics of bat rabies in alberta. | rabies in bats was monitored in alberta from 1971 to 1978 big brown bats replaced silver-haired bats as the species most frequently reported rabid during these years. rabies infection was comparatively high among little brown bats in central alberta in 1973 and has subsequently declined. only one rabid little brown bat was discovered in southern alberta which is populated by a different subspecies. outbreaks of rabies in little brown and big brown bat colonies tended to be brief events. observat ... | 1980 | 7397600 |
| synonymy of longibucca eptesica with longibucca lasiura (nematoda: rhabditoidea) and new host and geographic records. | the genus longibucca chitwood, 1933 (nematoda: rhabditoidea) is reviewed based on examination of museum and adult specimens collected from 4 species of bats (myotis lucifugus, myotis ciliolabrum, eptesicus fuscus, and lasionycteris noctivagans) in alberta, canada. two species are considered valid, namely longibucca vivipara chitwood, 1933, and longibucca lasiura mcintosh and chitwood, 1934. longibucca eptesica elsea, 1953 is considered a synonym of l. lasiura. new hosts of longibucca lasiura inc ... | 1994 | 8195954 |
| rabies in insectivorous bats of western canada, 1979 to 1983. | a total of 1,745, 362, and 536 bats collected in alberta, british columbia, and saskatchewan, respectively, was tested for rabies virus between 1979 and 1983. only one (0.1%) of 769 bats collected at random from buildings was infected with rabies virus in contrast to 95 (5%) of 1,874 symptomatic, rabies-suspect bats submitted for testing. the pattern of infection in the rabies-suspect bats was similar in alberta and saskatchewan, but differed in british columbia. rabies was diagnosed in four spe ... | 1986 | 3735577 |