Takemae, Hitoshi
Basri, Chaerul
Mayasari, Ni Luh Putu Ika
Tarigan, Ronald
Shimoda, Hiroshi
Omatsu, Tsutomu
Supratikno,
Pramono, Didik
Cahyadi, Danang Dwi
Kobayashi, Ryosuke
Iida, Keisuke
Mizutani, Tetsuya
Maeda, Ken
Agungpriyono, Srihadi
Hondo, Eiichi
Article History
Received: 29 June 2018
Accepted: 14 September 2018
First Online: 19 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines of the care and use of animals were followed. Flying foxes were captured with the permission issued by the director-general for the conservation of natural resources and ecosystems, Indonesian Ministry of Forestry (No. SK.211/KSDAE/SET/KSA.2/7/2016). The permission for sample collection from 100 individuals per year is also specified in this document. The permission for catching flying foxes with a net was authorized by the regional office of environment and forestry in Garut (No. BA.09/BBKSDA.JABAR-5.1/Res Wil XVIII/2016 in September 2016, BA.07/SKW-5/Sancang/3/2017 in March 2017). The wild animal transportation permit was authorized by the regional office of environment and forestry in Ciamis (SI.953/BBKSDA-JABAR.5/2016 in September 2016, SI.360/BKW.III/3/2017 in March 2017). The procedures for sample collection were carried out under the permission by the animal ethics committee in Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.