White nose syndrome -- United States
A fungus that can kill entire colonies of hibernating bats has been detected in the Wenatchee Valley for the 1st time. White-nose fungus has devastated bat populations in 35 states over the last decade. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife says it's now been found in samples taken from a nesting colony of little brown bats (_Myotis lucifugus_) in Chelan County. The precise location of the colony wasn't disclosed.
Wildlife officials say the discovery is concerning, since it indicates
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7722133&promed&0
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