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From: cej@ll1a.UUCP (Jones)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.misc,misc.consumers.house,rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Bug zappers
Message-ID: <2413@ll1a.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 88 22:06:46 GMT
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In article <1029@mit-caf.UUCP>, herb@mit-caf.UUCP (Herbert Neuhaus) writes:
> Sorry, but you have been lied to.  Bats don't carry rabies.  Of course,
> any mammal, including bats, can contract rabies.  In order for an animal
> to be a "carrier" it must be relatively immune from the disease,
> otherwise they die.  Bats die from rabies, they don't carry it.

	Well, this must vary from one type of bat to the next, or
the Chicago Tribune misrepresented some facts in their papaer today.

	There was an article about the new "wildlife" rabies vaccine
that is about to be tested on two small, uninhabited east coast
islands.  This vaccine is targeted towards raccoons, which it seems
are *not* classic carriers - they die from rabies.  (Of course an
animal that is not a "classic carrier" can still pass on the rabies
before it dies, as many do.)

	However, the article also mentioned a *big* problem with
rabies infected vampire bats infecting cattle in Australia, and
the article strongly inferred, though did not spell out, that the
vampire bats were truly carriers.

	Can anybody from "down-under" give us the latest "low-down"
on the problems you are having?


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