Zoonotic Risk: One More Good Reason Why Cats Should Be Kept Away from Bats

Bats are often unfairly depicted as the direct culprit in the current COVID-19 pandemic, yet the real causes of this and other zoonotic spillover events should be sought in the human impact on the environment, including the spread of domestic animals. Here, we discuss bat predation by cats as a phen...

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Main Authors: Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos, Emiliano Mori, Luciano Bosso, Leonardo Ancillotto, Danilo Russo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
bat
cat
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/3/304