Researchers highlight alarming link between feral pigs and vampire bats

(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a study shows that the number of vampire bats, which transmit rabies and are a concern for livestock breeders, may be increasing in Brazil and the Americas along with growth in the populations of invasive feral pigs and wild boars (Sus scrofa).
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