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Bats In Human Dwellings: Health Concerns And Management, Stephen C. Frantz, Charles V. Trimarchi
Bats In Human Dwellings: Health Concerns And Management, Stephen C. Frantz, Charles V. Trimarchi
Wildlife Damage Management Conference
The natural roosts of insectivorous bats in the north-east US are typically caves, rock crevices, and hollow trees. A few species, primarily Myotis lucifigus (little brown bat) and Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat), have readily adapted to living in the houses and other structures of humans. During the warmer months of April through October, commensal bats sometimes become a nuisance due to their colonial habits and resultant odors, noises, guano deposits, and associated aesthetic and economic damages. Bat ectoparasites and at least one fungal disease, histoplasmosis, are of some medical import and the observation of bats flying about a residence …
Parasites Of Wildlife Transmissible To Domestic Animals And Humans, Jay R. Georgi
Parasites Of Wildlife Transmissible To Domestic Animals And Humans, Jay R. Georgi
Wildlife Damage Management Conference
Parasites of wild animals are of great importance to the health of humans and their domestic animals. Wild birds serve as reservoirs of various forms of viral encephalitis that are transmitted to humans and domestic animals through the bites of mosquitoes. Wild rodents serve as reservoirs of plague and tularemia and feed the ticks that transmit rickettsial dis-eases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. These are familiar examples that do not require further elaboration here. The objective of the following out-line is to review several less notorious but nevertheless important parasitisms that are communicable from wildlife to domestic animals and …