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Published on: October 23, 2019
Extreme temperature event and mass mortality of insectivorous bats
Mathieu Pruvot1, Julien Cappelle2, Neil Furey3
11Wildlife Conservation Society, 1474 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1474 USA.
Abstract:
A mass mortality event involving Chaerephon plicatus and Taphozous theobaldi bats occurred during a heat wave in April 2016 in Cambodia. This was investigated to clarify the causes of the die-off and assess the risk to public health. Field evidences, clinical signs, and gross pathology findings were consistent with a heat stress hypothesis. However, the detection of a novel bat paramyxovirus raises questions about its role as a contributing factor or a coincidental finding. Systematic documentation of bat die-offs related to extreme weather events is necessary to improve understanding of the effect of changing weather patterns on bat populations and the ecosystem services they provide.
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