DIVERSITY OF FORMS OF BAT PARASITES: GREATER MOUSE-EARED BAT (MYOTIS MYOTIS), POND BAT (MYOTIS DASYCNEME), GEOFFROY'S BAT (MYOTIS EMARGINATUS), LESSER HORSESHOE BAT (RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS), BROWN LONG-EARED BAT (PLECOTUS AURITUS), NOCTULE (NYCTALUS NOCTULA) DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES AND GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF OCCURRENCE IN POLAND. ...

• Main Authors: Mencel, Jakub, Osten - Sacken, Natalia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Translational Research in Veterinary Science Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023) p. 43 - 57 2023
• Subjects: Nyctalus noctula
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10620993; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10620993

The role of bats in nature is undoubtedly significant. A huge contribution to seed dispersal (fruit bats) and insect reduction (carnivorous bats) have a very important impact on the ecosystem balance around the world. In addition, bats are primarily associated with being vectors for a number of diseases of global importance. Given the obvious impact of bats on the balance of ecosystems and the health of animals, including humans, it seems that a thorough understanding of the biology of these mammals has a great value to the life of the entire planet. Research on the parasitic fauna of bats is certainly of particular importance - understanding the morphology of external and internal parasites, their physiology, life cycles and the possible consequences of the presence in the bat’s body. This knowledge is not only helpful in increasing the effectiveness of the protection of these mammals but also makes it possible to predict the effects on the health and life of animals and humans, whose ecosystems are ...