Five Year Bat Rabies Summary - 1991-1995


              # FRA (+)
Species       # tested	   	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	5-year
              % FRA (+)		                                  	Totals  
1. Eptesicus fuscus		12/73	18/88	14/90	9/52	8/40	61/343
   Big brown bat
	 			16%	 20%	 16%	 18%	20%	18%
                                                                                           
2. Lasiurus cinereus		11/16	3/13	6/11	3/6	3/5	26/51
   Hoary bat
	 			69%	 23%	 55%	 50%	60%	51%
                                                                                           
3. Lasionycteris		1/8	1/31	2/32	0/17	2/9	6/97	
     noctivagans
   Silver-haired bat		13%	  3%	 6%	 0%	22%	6%
                                                                                           
4. Myotis lucifugus		1/29	1/20	3/28	0/20	1/22	6/119
   Little brown bat
   and other Myotis		3%	 5%	 11%	 0%	 5%	5%
   species (N=5)
                                                                                           
5. Myotis evotis		0/0	1/2	0/1	1/1	0/0	2/4
   Long-eared myotis 
	 			0%	50%	 0%	100%	 0%	50%
                                                                                           
6. Tadarida brasiliensis	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1
   Brazilian free-tailed
   bat				 0%	 0%	100%	 0%	 0%	100%
                                                                                           
7. Antrozous pallidus		0/0	0/0	0/2	0/0	0/1	0/3
   Pallid bat
	 			0%	 0%	 0%	 0%	 0%	0%
                                                                                           
8. Nyctinomops macrotis		0/2	0/0	1/1	1/4	0/0	2/7
   Big free-tailed bat
	 			0%	 0%	100%	 25%	 0%	29%
                                                                                           
9. Lasiurus borealis		0/0	0/2	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/3
   Red bat
	 			0%	 0%	 0%	 0%	 0%	0%
                                                                                           
10.Plecotus townsendii		0/0	0/0	0/1	0/3	0/1	0/5
   Townsend's big-eared  
   bat				 0%	 0%	 0%	 0%	 0%	0%
                                                                                           
11. Not speciated		2/7	0/6	1/10	3/11	2/8	8/42

	 			29%	 0%	 10%	 27%	25%	19%
                                                                                           
TOTAL				27/135	24/162	28/176	17/114	16/88	12/675
				20%	  15%	  16%	  15%	 18%	17%

				1991		1992		1993		1994		1995

	First bat submitted	3/13 Boulder	1/16 El Paso	1/19 Larimer	1/19 Jefferson	4/24 Montrose
	Last bat submitted	12/4 Pueblo	10/7 LaPlata	10/4 Mesa	10/31 Denver	12/26 Summit


FRA=fluorescent rabies antibody test


Produced by: Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program (303) 692-2700
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 1/96