Changes in bats' diets increase spread of viruses, spillover risk
March 14, 2025
March 14, 2025
ITHACA, New York, March 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Changes in bats' diets increase spread of viruses, spillover risk
Cornell researcher Raina Plowright and her team observed that when bats in Australia lost access to their habitat and natural food sources, they sought food on agricultural lands. And when the animals' diets changed, they shed more virus, increasing the virus' spread to horses, as well as the risk . . .
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Changes in bats' diets increase spread of viruses, spillover risk
Cornell researcher Raina Plowright and her team observed that when bats in Australia lost access to their habitat and natural food sources, they sought food on agricultural lands. And when the animals' diets changed, they shed more virus, increasing the virus' spread to horses, as well as the risk . . .