Abstract
I WAS interested to read the letter by Barlow and others ( VR , May 11, 2013, vol 172, p 508), describing the presence of nematodes in the intestinal tract and free within the abdominal cavity of a brown long-eared bat ( Plecotus auritus ). Barlow and others requested information about other cases of helminth infections in British bats and, therefore, the following may be of interest. Over the past 28 years, I have carried out postmortem examinations on nearly 700 bats, most of which had been found dead or dying in south-west England. On many occasions I have observed nematodes in brown long-eared bats similar to those described …
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