| comparative electron microscopy of chorio-allantoic placental barrier in some indian chiroptera. | in the present study the comparative ultrastructure of the definitive chorio-allantoic placental barrier has been studied in considerable detail in six species of bats, representing six different families and both suborders of chiroptera, by electron microscopy, and these species illustrate different kinds of interhaemal membranes met with among bats. the definitive chorio-allantoic placenta of rousettus leschenaulti is haemodichorial, since the syncytiotrophoblast and cytotrophoblast layers are ... | 1990 | 2220288 |
| reproduction in the indian mouse-tailed bat, rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei (chiroptera, rhinopomatidae). | at and near agra, in uttar pradesh, india, r. h. hardwickei had a strictly defined annual reproductive cycle. although many females were inseminated during late february to mid april, ovulation was not recorded until 11 march. progressively more females ovulated and conceived during the following weeks until the end of april and released one ovum from either of the ovaries with nearly equal frequency. a single conceptus was carried in the ipsilateral uterine cornu during each cycle. the gestatio ... | 1989 | 2813844 |
| survival of blastomyces dermatitidis in the gastrointestinal tract of an orally infected insectivorous bat, rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray. | the survival of blastomyces dermatitidis with markedly reduced population, in the gastrointestinal tract and faeces of rhinopoma hardwickei orally infected with 2.5 x 10(5) colony forming units of the fungus, is reported. b. dermatitidis was cultured from the stomach, intestine and faeces up to 16-24 h and from rectum up to 48 h post infection. the results demonstrate that orally infected r. hardwickei hardwickei bats transiently shed b. dermatitidis through their faeces but the significance of ... | 1986 | 3746588 |
| blastomyces dermatitidis in bats: first report of its isolation from the liver of rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray. | blastomyces dermatitidis is reported for the first time from the liver of rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray (the 'lesser rat-tailed bat'); it was cultured from one of 46 samples of the bat captured on december 10, 1982, from the basement of safdar-jang tomb, a historical monument in new delhi. the fungus was not found in 581 other bats representing r. hardwickei hardwickei, three more insectivorous and one frugivorous species investigated from several sites in delhi and new delhi metropolitan ... | 1985 | 3992429 |
| prevalence of basidiobolus ranarum eidam in the intestinal tract of an insectivorous bat, rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray, in delhi. | the prevalance of basidiobolus ranarum eidam is reported from the intestinal contents of 14 (7%) of 200 bats belonging to rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray ('the lesser rat-tailed bat'), an insectivorous species captured from delhi area. eleven of the positive bats were captured during august/september whereas the remaining three came from collections made during november or april. no macroscopic or microscopic lesions were found in the intestine of the bats yielding b. ranarum. this is belie ... | 1984 | 6540480 |
| isolation of blastomyces dermatitidis from the lungs of a bat, rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray, in delhi. | the isolation of blastomyces dermatitidis is reported from the lungs of one of 155 insectivorous bats, representing rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei gray, inhabiting the abandoned first floor of a school building in old dehli. the identity of the fungus was based on its gross and microscopic cultural morphology including demonstration of its dimorphic character. it was further confirmed by determination of the capacity of the isolate to produce the "a" exo-antigen specific for b. dermatitidis and ... | 1982 | 7112335 |
| isolation of candida species from bats in nigeria. | eighteen (15%) of 120 nigerian bats screened for fungal infections yielded yeasts of medical importance from their visceral organs. candida albicans was the commonest organism recovered from the liver, spleen, kidneys and intestinal contents 1 of 10 out of 40 glossophaga soricinia bats (nectar-feeding bats). candida krusei was recovered from the liver and spleen of 3 out of 50 molossus maior bats (the tropical house bat). five out of 30 lesser free-tailed bats (rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei) y ... | 1994 | 7746295 |
| blastocyst-uterus relationship in the indian rhinopomatid, rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei (gray). | | 2013 | 3749157 |
| studies on trematodes of the genus lecithodendrium looss, 1896 from some egyptian bats, with a description of two new species. | the genus lecithodendrium looss, 1896 is reviewed and its prevalence in some egyptian bats is reported. lecithodendrium aegyptiacus n.sp. is described from asellia tridens tridens and rhinopoma hardwickei cystops. it can be easily differentiated from other species of the genus by the lobulation of the ovary and testes and the presence of tegumental spines all over the body of the trematode. lecithodendrium duboisi n.sp. is described from taphozous nudiventris nudiventris. it differs from the oth ... | 1976 | 1010926 |
| patterns of genome size diversity in bats (order chiroptera). | despite being a group of particular interest in considering relationships between genome size and metabolic parameters, bats have not been well studied from this perspective. this study presents new estimates for 121 "microbat" species from 12 families and complements a previous study on members of the family pteropodidae ("megabats"). the results confirm that diversity in genome size in bats is very limited even compared with other mammals, varying approximately 2-fold from 1.63 pg in lophostom ... | 2013 | 24168629 |
| molecules, morphometrics and new fossils provide an integrated view of the evolutionary history of rhinopomatidae (mammalia: chiroptera). | the rhinopomatidae, traditionally considered to be one of the most ancient chiropteran clades, remains one of the least known groups of rhinolophoidea. no relevant fossil record is available for this family. whereas there have been extensive radiations in related families rhinolophidae and hipposideridae, there are only a few species in the rhinopomatidae and their phylogenetic relationship and status are not fully understood. | 2007 | 17868440 |
| seasonality in the flight activity of the tropical bat rhinopoma hardwickei under natural photoperiod. | the activity cycle of a colony of about 1500 bats rhinopoma hardwickei was studied in 1978-1979 in madurai, india. variations in the times of emergence of foraging paralleled variations in sunset and return to the roosting paralleled sunrise. the releasing stimulus for departure of the first outflyer on clear evenings is the crossing of a lower threshold value of its relative decrease. return to the roost usually occurs at a lower light intensity than the departure. in summer the nightly rate of ... | 1990 | 24925842 |
| early embryonic development and preimplantation changes in the uterus of the bat rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei (gray) (rhinopomatidae). | rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei has an annual reproductive cycle. although many of the females become inseminated from the latter half of february until about the middle of april, ovulation has not been recorded until the 11th of march. a single follicle reached full development and released one ovum from either of the ovaries with nearly equal frequency, and a single conceptus was carried in the ipsilateral uterine cornu during each cycle. the embryo descended into the uterus as an early morula ... | 1987 | 3604954 |
| a viral metagenomic survey identifies known and novel mammalian viruses in bats from saudi arabia. | bats are implicated as natural reservoirs for a wide range of zoonotic viruses including sars and mers coronaviruses, ebola, marburg, nipah, hendra, rabies and other lyssaviruses. accordingly, many one health surveillance and viral discovery programs have focused on bats. in this report we present viral metagenomic data from bats collected in the kingdom of saudi arabia [ksa]. unbiased high throughput sequencing of fecal samples from 72 bat individuals comprising four species; lesser mouse-taile ... | 2019 | 30969980 |
| a comparative morphological and histological study of the gastrointestinal tract of four insectivorous bat species: asellia tridens, chaerephon pumilus, nycteris thebaica, rhinopoma hardwickii. | various studies address the morphology of the gastrointestinal tracts (gits) of insectivorous bat species. however, detailed morphometric studies including mucin histochemistry are scarce. this study compares various git measurements as well as the quantification of intestinal mucin secreting cells in four insectivorous bat species representing four different families of chiroptera. alcian blue/periodic acid schiff's stain was used to differentiate between acid and neutral mucin-secreting cells ... | 2019 | 31116472 |
| light microscopy and surface topography of urotrema scabridum and renschetrema indicum (digenea) from rhinopoma hardwickii (chiroptera): first report in egypt. | this report introduced the description of two different species of digenean parasites isolated from the intestine of rhinopoma hardwickii with new host and locality records in egypt. the recovered helminthes were studied morphologically and morphometrically by light microscopy and the surface topography of the two species was elucidated by scanning electron microscopy (sem). urotrema scabridum had an elongated body, testes were tandem, ovaries were pretesticular, and vitelline follicles were obs ... | 2019 | 30183994 |