Sick bats stay home alone: fruit bats practice social distancing when faced with an immunological challenge.
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14600
Abstract: Along with its many advantages, social roosting imposes a major risk of pathogen transmission. How social animals reduce this risk is poorly documented. We used lipopolysaccharide challenge to imitate bacterial infection in both a captive… read more here.
Keywords: challenge; sick bats; fruit; bats stay ... See more keywords