| investigation of gray-headed flying foxes (pteropus poliocephalus) (megachiroptera: pteropodidae) and mosquitoes in the ecology of ross river virus in australia. | entomologic and virologic factors were investigated to determine whether gray-headed flying foxes (pteropus poliocephalus) from indooroopilly island, brisbane, australia could be vertebrate hosts of ross river (rr) virus. aedes funereus was the most abundant mosquito species with 6,300-38,700 females per light trap night in the flying fox camp containing gray-headed, black (p. alecto), and little red (p. scapulatus) flying foxes. sixteen ae. funereus blood meals from this collection were analyze ... | 1997 | 9347967 |
| collection, seminal characteristics and chilled storage of spermatozoa from three species of free-range flying fox (pteropus spp.). | this study reports observations on the collection and characteristics of semen from free-range populations of flying fox in brisbane, australia. semen was successfully recovered by electroejaculation from 107 of 115 wild flying foxes (pteropus alecto, pteropus poliocephalus and pteropus scapulatus). a proportion of ejaculates collected from all three species contained seminal vesicle secretions, the incidence of which appeared related to breeding season. ejaculate volume was small (5--160 microl ... | 2005 | 15913752 |
| spatiotemporal aspects of hendra virus infection in pteropid bats (flying-foxes) in eastern australia. | hendra virus (hev) causes highly lethal disease in horses and humans in the eastern australian states of queensland (qld) and new south wales (nsw), with multiple equine cases now reported on an annual basis. infection and excretion dynamics in pteropid bats (flying-foxes), the recognised natural reservoir, are incompletely understood. we sought to identify key spatial and temporal factors associated with excretion in flying-foxes over a 2300 km latitudinal gradient from northern qld to southern ... | 2015 | 26625128 |