Table 6. Bat species and ABLV testing results, 2009–2014.
Bat species | Number of bats tested | ABLV detected* | Equivocal ABLV# | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Megachiroptera (megabat) | |||||
Pteropus species | |||||
Pteropus alecto | 195 | 5 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.6 |
Pteropus conspicillatus | 13 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Pteropus poliocephalus | 39 | 3 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Pteropus scapulatus | 67 | 10 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Syconycteris australis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Microchiroptera (microbat) | |||||
Chaerephon jobensis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Chalinolobus gouldii | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Miniopterus species | |||||
Miniopterus australis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 |
Miniopterus schreiber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Miniopterus species (unspecified) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mormopterus species | |||||
Mormopterus beccarii | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27.3 |
Mormopterus norfolken | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mormopterus species (unspecified) | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 |
Nyctinomus australis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nyctophilus species | |||||
Nyctophilus bifax | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nyctophilus gouldii | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
Nyctophilus species (unspecified) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Saccolaimus flaviventris | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scoteanax rueppellii | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scotorepens species | |||||
Scotorepens greyii | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scotorepens orion | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scotorepens species (unspecified) | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 |
Vespadelus pumilus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Vespertilionidae family | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Bat—unspecified | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 |
Total | 393 | 20 | 5.1 | 14 | 3.6 |
* ABLV detected in both Immunofluorescent Antibody (IFA) and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests.
# IFA tested equivocal for ABLV, but ABLV was not detected by PCR.