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Information Resources on Bats AWIC Resource Series No. 17 - August 2002 Compiled by: Richard L. Crawford, D.V.M. D’Anna Jensen, B.S., LATG Tim Allen, M.S. Animal Welfare Information Center National Agricultural Library U.S. Department of Agriculture Published by: U. S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library Animal Welfare Information Center Beltsville, Maryland 20705 Contact Us Web site: http://awic.nal.usda.gov Published in cooperation with the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Policies and Links

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While although some bats may cause damage to plants, animals or humans (fruit bats or vampire bats), many of them are beneficial to humans (insect eating bats) and a number of bats are being used in various areas of research, especially in auditory research, and exhibits. While there is a great deal of information on bats published in the literature, it is too voluminous to be presented here. This publication, therefore, contains references selected from a search of multiple scientific databases in a variety of areas focusing on the housing, behavior, physiology, and veterinary care of bats. It should be useful to those exhibiting bats in zoos or other captive wildlife centers or using bats in research, as well as those interested in learning more about these flying mammals. An additional section on selected web sites concerning bats is also included.

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