title: Acute pasteurellosis in wild big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus).
abstract: We report acute fatal pasteurellosis in wild big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in Wisconsin, USA. Mortality of approximately 100 bats was documented over 4 wk, with no evidence for predatory injuries. Pasteurella multocida serotype 1 was isolated from multiple internal organs from four of five bats examined postmortem.
authors.affiliation: 1  US Geological Survey-National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Blehert
authors.forename: Ramón P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Maluping
authors.forename: D Earl
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Brenda M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Berlowski-Zier
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ballmann
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Langenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology