REHABILITATION OF ENDANGERED BAT SPECIES. EVALUATING THE WILDLIFE RESERVOIRS RISK FACTORS, DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND POST-HANDLING SURVIVAL
Ciocanau Marius-Alexandru, Stefan Georgeta, Gurau Maria-Rodica Rosu Ovidiu, Danes Doina
Pages: 130-135
Published: 7 Jun 2016
Views: 2,384
Downloads: 597
Abstract: When handling endangered wildlife, one is faced with an ethical dilemma: is the potential risks associated with diseases greater than the survival of individuals? The relationship of host-pathogen is poorly understood in the case of most wildlife animals. Thus one must take into consideration not only the zoonotic risk when handling wildlife, but also the potential spill-over fenomen than can occur when the animals are released into the wild. Bats are well known for their capacity to host deadly pathogens without showing any clinical signs of illness. Thus when faced with a colony of protected bat species on a European, one must carefully evaluate the risks associated with the rehabilitation. This paper presents the medical dilemmas that appeared during the 3 months period while rehabilitating 4 different bat colonies consisting of a total of 142 individuals. At the end of the 3 months rehabilitation period, the survival rate reached 89%.
Keywords: bats, zoonoses, rehabilitation, rabies, leptospira
Cite this article: Ciocanau Marius-Alexandru, Stefan Georgeta, Gurau Maria-Rodica Rosu Ovidiu, Danes Doina. REHABILITATION OF ENDANGERED BAT SPECIES. EVALUATING THE WILDLIFE RESERVOIRS RISK FACTORS, DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND POST-HANDLING SURVIVAL. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Ecology & Safety 10, 130-135 (2016). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1001096/
Download full text
Back to the contents of the volume
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This permission does not cover any third party copyrighted material which may appear in the work requested.
Disclaimer: The opinions and claims presented in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of their affiliated organizations, the publisher, editors, or reviewers.
