| a pasteurella-like bacterium associated with pneumonia in captive megachiropterans. | a novel pasteurella-like organism was recovered postmortem from lung tissue of two captive wahlberg's epauleted fruit bats (epomophorus wahlbergi), with severe, unilateral pneumonia. the bats had been recently shipped and died shortly after release from a 30-day quarantine. one presented with clinical signs of anorexia and lethargy before death; the other died without prior clinical symptoms. the same pasteurella-like organism was recovered antemortem from subcutaneous abscesses in two captive l ... | 2004 | 15193080 |
| megachiropteran bats (pteropus) utilize human referential stimuli to locate hidden food. | spontaneous point-following behavior has been considered an indicator of advanced social cognition unique to humans. recently, it has been suggested that a close evolutionary relationship with humans could result in similar social skills in domesticated species. an alternative view is that the mechanism is not genetic domestication alone but instead a combination of phylogenetic and ontogenetic variables. here we test the necessity of phylogenetic domestication by investigating the point-followi ... | 2011 | 21842983 |
| molecular detection of histoplasma capsulatum in the lung of a free-ranging common noctule (nyctalus noctula) from france using the hcp100 gene. | histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus that is widely distributed in the tropical or subtropical areas of the world and infects several mammalian hosts, mainly bats. infective propagules grow in bat and bird droppings. a specific molecular marker, a highly sensitive fragment of a co-activator protein-coding gene (hcp100), was used to detect h. capsulatum in lung samples of wild and captive bats from france using a nested polymerase chain reaction. to determine whether bats in france are po ... | 2013 | 23505698 |
| flying-fox (pteropus spp.) sperm membrane fatty acid composition, its relationship to cold shock injury and implications for cryopreservation success. | the very large acrosome of pteropus species spermatozoa is prone to damage during cooling procedures. cryogenic succuss has been linked to membrane composition, therefore the lipid composition of five pteropus species sperm acrosomal and plasma membranes were investigated to provide insight into reasons for cold shock susceptibility. rapid chilling and re-warming of spermatozoa from three pteropus species resulted in a decrease (p<0.05) in acrosomal integrity. biochemical analysis of lipids reve ... | 2012 | 22771758 |
| radiographic evaluation of cardiac size in flying fox species (pteropus rodricensis, p. hypomelanus, and p. vampyrus). | dilated cardiomyopathy is a relatively common pathology in captive flying foxes (pteropus spp.). the goal of this study was to establish quantitative reference range measurements that could be used to support a diagnosis of cardiac disease in these animals. lateral and ventrodorsal thoracic radiographs from apparently healthy flying foxes (n = 66) of three species (rodriguez island flying fox, p. rodricensis, n = 18; small island flying fox, p. hypomelanus, n = 16; and malaysian flying fox, p. v ... | 2007 | 17679502 |
| ethnozoological practices in rodrigues island of the mascarene archipelago. | rodrigues, is an autonomous island that forms part of the republic of mauritius. it is a component of the mascarene archipelago alongside mauritius and reunion island. despite their relative geographical proximity, each island has its own unique biodiversity and indigenous knowledge. nonetheless, there is no documentation of the use of animal-based remedies (abr) in rodrigues. this study was therefore designed to gather and compare primary traditional knowledge on the different abr used by rodri ... | 2019 | 31419503 |
| flight patterns in zoo-housed fruit bats (pteropus spp.). | maintaining the capacity for sustained flight in captivity is a key goal for the management of threatened fruit bats. we developed quantifiable descriptions of flight complexity and used them to assess the suitability of an enclosure for two species of fruit bat of differing size, the large livingstone's fruit bat, pteropus livingstonii, and the smaller rodrigues fruit bat, pteropus rodricensis, in a two-part study. in phase 1, rodrigues fruit bats flew more often than livingstone's fruit bats a ... | 2019 | 30864161 |