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PRO/AH/EDR> White nose syndrome, bats – North America (02): (NC) update

White nose syndrome -- United StatesThe news continues to be bad for bats in the Tar Heel state [North Carolina].After receiving results from winter bat surveys recently, biologists with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and NC State Parks have confirmed the presence of _Pseudogymnoascus destructans_ (Pd), the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), in 4 new counties in North Carolina.WNS is a deadly disease that has killed millions of bats in the eastern United States -- and thousands Read more [...]