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Deadly virus found in Cairns bat: What’s the risk? – Chinchilla News
Biosecurity Queensland has warned people not to handle bats after a juvenile red flying fox in a Cairns suburb tested positive to a deadly virus.
A JUVENILE red flying fox bat found in a Cairns suburb tested positive to Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), Biosecurity Queensland principal veterinary officer Janine Barrett confirmed today.
She said while less than one per cent bats were infected with lyssavirus, it was more common in sick or injured bats.
Members of the public should always avoid handling live bats.
“It is a virus endemic in Australian bats that causes an invariably fatal encephalitis, an infection and inflammation of the brain,…
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