Changes in bats' diets can increase spread of viruses and spillover risk

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Mar 13, 2025, 12:09 pm686 ptsHot
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 to people.

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