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PRO/AH/EDR> White nose syndrome, bats – North America (03): (TX)

White nose syndrome -- United StatesThe fungus that causes white-nose syndrome [WNS] in bats -- first detected in Texas last year [2017] along the Panhandle -- has now spread into Central Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department [TPWD] said.In a press advisory, officials said this is the 1st time the potentially lethal fungus has been detected in the area after being found at 2 sites in Blanco county, located southeast of Austin. The fungus also has been spotted in Foard county, twice in Kendall Read more [...]