Ectoparasites of cave-dwelling bat species in Bulgaria
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/62157124:16270/22:43880311
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-022-00451-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12595-022-00451-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12595-022-00451-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12595-022-00451-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ectoparasites of cave-dwelling bat species in Bulgaria
Original language description
The unique ecological conditions of Bulgarian caves allow them to be used by bats year-round, thereby providing an interesting model for research on host-parasite interactions, including the potential for transmission of different zoonotic pathogens. In this study, 142 cave-dwelling bats of thirteen species were caught in seven Bulgarian caves and examined for presence of ectoparasites. Bats were mist-netted at cave entrances between May 2020 and May 2021. All macroscopically visible ectoparasites were collected from each bat and stored separately in 96% ethanol. The greatest diversity of bat ticks, flies and fleas was observed on greater horseshoe bats Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and common bent-wing bats Miniopterus schreibersii. Spinturnix myoti was the dominant ectoparasite collected at almost all localities and in all bat species. There was no significant difference in parasite load or diversity between the four most abundant bat species, each being infested with two specimens of a single parasite species on average. Though Bulgarian caves are used year-round by a range of bat species, parasite load and diversity remain low during the hibernation and migration periods. Mixed clusters of bats allow for inter-specific transmission of otherwise species-specific ectoparasites.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Proceedings of the Zoological Society
ISSN
0373-5893
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
75
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
463-468
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85137015935