White nose syndrome -- United States
White nose syndrome [WNS], a fungal disease that has killed millions of bats in the eastern United States since it was 1st detected in 2006, continues its deadly spread in North Carolina. During winter bat surveys in January and February [2017], biologists with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and NC State Parks, documented the 1st case of WNS in Stokes County, which marks the farthest east record of WNS in North Carolina and the 1st record of visible WNS in the Piedmont.
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