title: Interspecific aggression by a rabid eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis).
abstract: On 16 March 2012 a rabid eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) was found attached to an evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) in Randolph County, Arkansas, USA. This appears to be the first confirmed case of a rabid bat attacking a bat of another species.
authors.affiliation: 1  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 213A Highway 89 South, Mayflower, Arkansas 72106, USA.
authors.forename: D Blake
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sasse
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Saugey
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera; D005260:Female; D011818:Rabies / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification