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From: prl@ethz.UUCP (Peter Lamb)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.misc,misc.consumers.house,rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Bug zappers
Message-ID: <477@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jun 88 19:11:14 GMT
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In article <2413@ll1a.UUCP> cej@ll1a.UUCP (Jones) writes:
>	However, the article also mentioned a *big* problem with
>rabies infected vampire bats infecting cattle in Australia, and
...
>	Can anybody from "down-under" give us the latest "low-down"
>on the problems you are having?

As far as I know, Australia is free of rabies. I was on a visit home
there just 2 weeks ago, and there was no news I heard about Australia
having rabies reported (it would be *big* news). This is one of the
reasons for quite stringent import restrictions on animals and animal
products, and why your aircraft is sprayed inside with a fairly vile
insecticide before you land there.

I don't know of `vampire bats' there either. I thought they were South
American. I could be wrong on this, I'm an engineer, not a biologist.
Could the article have meant Argentina?

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Peter Lamb
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