Wednesday, 4 April 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> White nose syndrome, bats - North America (02): (KS) 1st report

White nose syndrome -- Worldwide/Unknown
White-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that affects hibernating bats, has recently been confirmed in Kansas - the 32nd state to confirm the presence of the disease. Several dead bats, collected during cave surveys in Cherokee County in southeast Kansas and Barber County in south-central Kansas, tested positive for the disease. Surveys were conducted between [14 Feb and 1 Mar 2018], and samples were tested by the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5727612&promed&0

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