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Rates of hematophagous ectoparasite consumption during grooming by an endemic Madagascar fruit bat

BACKGROUND: Few details are available on the consumption of ectoparasites, specifically bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae), by their chiropteran hosts while grooming. Such details are important to document consumption rates of ectoparasites by their bat host provide details on the dyn...

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Autores principales: Ramanantsalama, Riana V., Andrianarimisa, Aristide, Raselimanana, Achille P., Goodman, Steven M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5984742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29859123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2918-1