| roosting ecology and variation in adaptive and innate immune system function in the brazilian free-tailed bat (tadarida brasiliensis). | bats have recently been implicated as reservoirs of important emerging diseases. however, few studies have examined immune responses in bats, and even fewer have evaluated these responses in an ecological context. we examined aspects of both innate and adaptive immune response in adult female brazilian free-tailed bats (tadarida brasiliensis) at four maternity roosts (two natural caves and two human-made bridges) in south-central texas. immune measurements included in vitro bactericidal ability ... | 2009 | 19002470 |
| organochlorine pesticide residues in guano of brazilian free-tailed bats, tadarida brasiliensis saint-hilaire, from east texas. | | 2007 | 17476450 |
| ecology of rabies virus exposure in colonies of brazilian free-tailed bats (tadarida brasiliensis) at natural and man-made roosts in texas. | previous studies have investigated rabies virus (rabv) epizootiology in brazilian free-tailed bats (tadarida brasiliensis) in natural cave roosts. however, little is known about geographic variation in rabv exposure, or if the use of man-made roosts by this species affects enzootic rabv infection dynamics within colonies. we sampled rabies viral neutralizing antibodies in bats at three bridge and three cave roosts at multiple time points during the reproductive season to investigate temporal and ... | 2010 | 19492942 |
| contribution of bats to the maintenance of histoplasma capsulatum in a cave microfocus. | bracken cave, a large natural cavern located 25 miles northeast of san antonio, texas, serves as nursery roost for millions of mexican free-tailed bats (tadarida brasiliensis). ten days after spending several hours in the cave in early may 1979, three graduate students presented with signs and symptoms compatible with acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. a study was initiated to determine the presence and location of histoplasma capsulatum in the cave and its inhabitants. the fungus was cultured dire ... | 1982 | 7081547 |
| assessment of rabies exposure risk in a group of u.s. air force basic trainees - texas, january 2014. | in january 2014, members of the joint base san antonio (jbsa)-lackland, texas, preventive medicine and public health teams evaluated a u.s. air force basic training squadron for potential exposure in sleeping bays to rabies virus carried by mexican free-tailed bats (tadarida brasiliensis). exposure to bats while asleep or otherwise unaware is an important risk factor for rabies in the united states. over the past several decades, most indigenous human rabies infections in the united states have ... | 2014 | 25166925 |
| epidemiology of rabies in bats in texas (2001-2010). | to obtain epidemiological information on rabies in bats in texas. | 2013 | 24094260 |
| bat ectoparasites from the trans-pecos region of texas, including notes from big bend national park. | ectoparasites of 13 species of molossid, mormoopid, and vespertilionid bats from the trans-pecos region of texas were studied, as follows: antrozous pallidus (leconte), corynorhinus townsendii (cooper), eptesicus fuscus (palisot de beauvois), lasiurus cinereus (palisot de beauvois), mormoops megalophylla (peters), myotis thysanodes g. s. miller, myotis velifer (j. a. allen), myotis volans (h. allen), myotis yumanensis (h. allen), nyctinomops femorosaccus (merriam), nyctinomops macrotis (gray), p ... | 2001 | 11372965 |
| weather-driven dynamics in a dual-migrant system: moths and bats. | animal migrations generate large spatial and temporal fluctuations in biomass that provide a resource base for many predator-prey interactions. these interactions are often driven by continent-scale weather patterns and are difficult to study. few studies have included migratory animals on more than a single trophic level or for periods spanning multiple entire seasons. we tracked migrations of three species of agricultural pest noctuid moths over the 2010-2012 autumn seasons as the moths travel ... | 2015 | 25492132 |
| organochlorine insecticide residues in the free-tailed bat (tadarida brasiliensis) at bracken cave, texas. | | 1975 | 1141776 |