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¹ Department of Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA
² Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fishes, 309 Knightsbridge Road, Florence, Alabama 35631, USA
³ Corresponding author (email: hestelc{at}auburn.edu)

ABSTRACT:   Data on rabies virus infection in bats that were submitted to the Alabama Department of Public Health from 1995–2005 were analyzed. Demographic factors, such as species and sex, and temporal aspects, such as yearly and monthly trends, were investigated. Thirteen species of bats were submitted, and of those, individuals from seven species were rabid; prevalence was highest in Lasiurus borealis and Pipistrellus subflavus and lowest in Eptesicus fuscus and Nycticeius humeralis. There was no difference in prevalence of rabies between sexes or years. Statistically, more rabid bats were submitted in August, September, and November; and fewer were submitted in March, June, and July. Results were similar to those from other regions of North America; these data from Alabama can help to present a more complete view of rabies in bats in North America.
  Key words:  Alabama, bats, Chiroptera, Molossidae, rabies, Rhabdoviridae, Vesperti-lionidae.

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