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DNA extracted from macerated heart tissue was incorporated into taxon-specific polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) and amplification products were sequenced as a means of identifying, or assigning an identity, to detected haemoparasites. A Piroplasmida species was detected in 6 <jats:italic>Pipistrellus<\/jats:italic> spp., whereas <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> infections were detected in 5 bats belonging to 4 different species. <jats:italic>Trypanosoma dionisii<\/jats:italic> was detected in 1 <jats:italic>Pipistrellus<\/jats:italic> spp. Phylogenetic inference from alignment of a partial 18S rRNA-encoding gene sequence of the pipistrelle-associated Piroplasmida species with homologous sequences available for other members of the Order indicated that this organism was unique but specifically related to members of the genus <jats:italic>Babesia<\/jats:italic>, a phylogeny that would be in keeping with the organism being <jats:italic>Babesia vesperuginis<\/jats:italic>. Alignment of partial citrate synthase gene sequences from the bat-associated bartonellae revealed 5 distinct genotypes that were probably derived from 2 distinct <jats:italic>Bartonella<\/jats:italic> species. 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