Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection
Aim: Farms that are neighboring wildlife sanctuaries are at risk of spillover infection from wildlife, and the objective of this research is to examine the species diversity of Malaysian fruit bats in livestock farm in determining the possible risk of spill over infection to livestock. Materials...
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doaj-53b559c1e06e4d00817083610b13d6a02021-08-02T08:53:53ZengVeterinary WorldVeterinary World0972-89882231-09162017-11-0110111297130010.14202/vetworld.2017.1297-1300Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infectionMuhammed Mikail0T. A. Tengku Rinalfi Putra1Arshad Siti Suri2Mohd Noor Mohd Hezmee3M. T. Marina4Research Centre for Wildlife, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Department of Veterinary Pre Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Directorate of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Abubakar Umar Secretariat Bauchi, PMB 0068 Bauchi State, Nigeria.Research Centre for Wildlife, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Department of Veterinary Pre Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.Department of Veterinary Pre Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.Centre of Foundation for Agricultural Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.Aim: Farms that are neighboring wildlife sanctuaries are at risk of spillover infection from wildlife, and the objective of this research is to examine the species diversity of Malaysian fruit bats in livestock farm in determining the possible risk of spill over infection to livestock. Materials and Methods: Fifty individual fruit bats were captured using six mists net, from May to July 2017. The nets were set at dusk (1830 h) as bats emerge for foraging and monitored at every 30-min intervals throughout the night until dawn when they returned to the roost. The nets were closed for the day until next night, and captured bats were identified to species levels. Results: All the captured bats were mega chiropterans, and Cynopterus brachyotis was the highest captured species, representing 40% of the total capture. Shannon-Weiner index is 2.80, and Simpson index is 0.2. Our result suggests that there is a degree of species dominance with low diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center. Conclusion: We concluded that fruit bats are indeed, encroaching livestock areas and the species identified could be a potential source of infection to susceptible livestock. Hence, an active surveillance should be embarked on farms that border wildlife sanctuaries.http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.10/November-2017/2.pdfFruit batsLyssavirusesNipah virusWildlife sanctuariesZoonotic diseases |
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Muhammed Mikail T. A. Tengku Rinalfi Putra Arshad Siti Suri Mohd Noor Mohd Hezmee M. T. Marina Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection Veterinary World Fruit bats Lyssaviruses Nipah virus Wildlife sanctuaries Zoonotic diseases |
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Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection |
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Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection |
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Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection |
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Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection |
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Preliminary study of Malaysian fruit bats species diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center, Perak: Potential risk of spill over infection |
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preliminary study of malaysian fruit bats species diversity in lenggong livestock breeding center, perak: potential risk of spill over infection |
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Aim: Farms that are neighboring wildlife sanctuaries are at risk of spillover infection from wildlife, and the objective of this research is to examine the species diversity of Malaysian fruit bats in livestock farm in determining the possible risk of spill over infection to livestock.
Materials and Methods: Fifty individual fruit bats were captured using six mists net, from May to July 2017. The nets were set at dusk (1830 h) as bats emerge for foraging and monitored at every 30-min intervals throughout the night until dawn when they returned to the roost. The nets were closed for the day until next night, and captured bats were identified to species levels.
Results: All the captured bats were mega chiropterans, and Cynopterus brachyotis was the highest captured species, representing 40% of the total capture. Shannon-Weiner index is 2.80, and Simpson index is 0.2. Our result suggests that there is a degree of species dominance with low diversity in Lenggong Livestock Breeding Center.
Conclusion: We concluded that fruit bats are indeed, encroaching livestock areas and the species identified could be a potential source of infection to susceptible livestock. Hence, an active surveillance should be embarked on farms that border wildlife sanctuaries. |
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Fruit bats Lyssaviruses Nipah virus Wildlife sanctuaries Zoonotic diseases |
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