White nose syndrome — United States
White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that affects hibernating bats, has been confirmed in Nebraska. Several dozen dead bats were discovered during a recent survey of a mine in Cass County. The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, confirmed the disease in 3 bats from the mine — a little brown bat, a northern long-eared bat and a tri-colored bat.
Nebraska is the 30th state to confirm the presence of white-nose syndrome, which has killed more than 6
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