Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:1 infection in a captive Seba’s short tailedfruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) colony in Switzerland

Between February and April 2016, a slight increase in mortality was observed in a colony consisting of 400 captive Seba’s short-tailed bats (Carollia perspicillata). These animals cohabited with other nocturnal animal species in a dome of a private zoo in Switzerland.