| surgical orchiectomy in fruit bats-description of two techniques in the ruwenzori long-haired fruit bat (rousettus lanosus) and the jamaican fruit-eating bat (artibeus jamaicensis). | contraception is needed to prevent overpopulation and inbreeding in highly fecund captive bat colonies. reports on surgical contraception in bats are limited. the objective of this study was to describe surgical castration techniques in a megachiropteran and a microchiropteran fruit bat species. open orchiectomy by transfixing ligation of the spermatic cord was performed in 14 ruwenzori long-haired fruit bats (rousettus lanosus) (rl-lig), and orchiectomy with radiosurgery alone was performed in ... | 2020 | 32549558 |
| disseminated protothecosis in a ruwenzori long-haired fruit bat ( rousettus lanosus). | an adult male ruwenzori long-haired fruit bat ( rousettus lanosus) presented for lethargy and unthriftiness. physical examination revealed cranial alopecia, mandibular ulceration, and dehydration. supportive care and antibiotic therapy were initiated. the bat was found dead 3 days after presentation. necropsy revealed alopecia on the head and body, exposed dried bone on the rostral tip of the mandible, and excessive clear pleural fluid. lungs were congested and contained miliary white foci disse ... | 2017 | 29297807 |
| giant mitochondria in the seromucous secretory cells of the accessory submandibular gland of the long-haired fruit bat, stenonycteris lanosus. | giant mitochondria, measuring up to 6.4 microns in diameter, are present in the seromucous secretory cells of the accessory submandibular gland of the long-haired fruit bat, stenonycteris lanosus. these mitochondria, as well as all of the smaller ones in the same cells, contain in their matrix compartment an abundance of 33 nm threads that probably consist of protein. some mitochondria, regardless of size, contain 5 nm helical filaments within an expanded crista. despite their altered morphology ... | 1993 | 8238967 |