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ArticleCase reports in veterinary medicine2026

Case Report of Unusual Mortality of Egyptian Fruit Bat (

Maya Weinberg, Dominika Kňazovická, Rianne Pelgrims, İlayda Taşkaya, Pera Sinkovec, Luis Víquez-R, Kendra Phelps, Allyson Walsh, Lucy A Weinert, Alex J Dumbrell and 3 more

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Maya WeinbergDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, cam.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-3223
Dominika KňazovickáCyprus Wildlife Research Institute (Tashkent Nature Park), Kyrenia District, Cyprus.
Rianne PelgrimsCyprus Wildlife Research Institute (Tashkent Nature Park), Kyrenia District, Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9223-6120
İlayda TaşkayaCyprus Wildlife Research Institute (Tashkent Nature Park), Kyrenia District, Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3180-6054
Pera SinkovecCyprus Wildlife Research Institute (Tashkent Nature Park), Kyrenia District, Cyprus.
Luis Víquez-RDepartment of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, bucknell.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-2461
Kendra PhelpsDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, umn.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-4802
Allyson WalshThe Bat Conservation Trust, Studio15, Cloisters House, Cloisters Business Centre, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6907-6291
Lucy A WeinertDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-6012
Alex J DumbrellSchool of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, essex.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-3043
Paul A RaceyCentre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK, exeter.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0175-2242
Tigga KingstonDepartment of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA, illinois.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-5352
Julie Teresa ShapiroBat One Health Working Group, Bat Specialist Group (BSG), Species Survival Commission (SSC), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4539-650X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report an unusual mortality event affecting the isolated Egyptian fruit bat (

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Cyprusmortality eventRousettus aegyptiacusStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID42540694
PMCPMC13426321

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