title: Cryptosporidiosis in a bat (Eptesicus fuscus).
abstract: Cryptosporidial infection was diagnosed histologically in the small intestine of a big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) from Oregon. This is the first report of cryptosporidiosis in a bat.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, Parasite Biology and Epidemiology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Hamir
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sonn
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Topper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011818:Rabies / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera