White nose syndrome — United States
A fatal bat disease continues to spread across Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources says over-winter surveillance shows that white-nose syndrome [WNS] or the fungus that causes it is now present in 14 counties, up from 8 after over-winter surveillance that ended in 2015.
The new counties include Douglas, Iron, Pierce, Manitowoc, Sauk and Green. Surveys showed a 94 percent drop in bat populations at the Grant County mine where the disease was 1st found in Wisconsin in
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