| chiropteran rabies in florida: a twenty-year analysis, 1954 to 1973. | chiropteran rabies in florida is analyzed for the 20-year period 1954 to 1973. the examination of 6,447 bats between 1954 and 1961 yielded 55 (0.85%) positive animals. from 1962 to 1973 however, 2,293 bats examined yielded 236 (10.3%) positive. the yellow bat, lasiurus intermedius floridanus, accounted for 183 (63.1%) of all cases of chiropteran rabies. sporadic cases occurred throughout the state with more being reported from the central portion of the state. cases have been reported every mont ... | 1975 | 1119671 |