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Photomicrographs of the plagiopatagium from a Little Brown Bat

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Photomicrographs of the plagiopatagium from a Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) captured live in Wyoming, U.S.A. (A) Adult nematodes (asterisks) are present in the dermis. They are filled with larval nematodes (arrowhead). The overlying epidermis is hyperplastic (arrow). H&E stain. (B) An infiltrate (asterisk) composed of eosinophils, fewer lymphocytes and plasma cells, and fibroblasts surround a degenerate nematode. H&E stain. 

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