Publications

tick (acari) infestations of bats in new mexico.	a total of 278 bats belonging to 16 species was examined for ticks from various sites in new mexico from 1994 to 1998. seven species of bats were parasitized by ticks: larvae of ornithodoros kelleyi cooley & kohls, ornithodoros rossi kohls, sonenshine & clifford (argasidae), or both. both species of ticks are reported from new mexico for the first time. infestation prevalences for parasitized bats ranged from 2 to 25% on different host species for o. kelleyi and from 7 to 25% for o. rossi. the p ...	2001	11476346
prevalence of neutralizing antibodies to rabies virus in serum of seven species of insectivorous bats from colorado and new mexico, united states.	we determined the presence of rabies-virus-neutralizing antibodies (rvna) in serum of 721 insectivorous bats of seven species captured, sampled, and released in colorado and new mexico, united states in 2003-2005. a subsample of 160 bats was tested for rabies-virus rna in saliva. we sampled little brown bats (myotis lucifugus) at two maternity roosts in larimer county, colorado; big brown bats (eptesicus fuscus) at three maternity roosts in morgan county, colorado; and big brown bats at five mat ...	2013	23568912