U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Bats' deadly white-nose syndrome spreads along east coast
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
After arriving approximately two years ago in New Jersey, white-nose syndrome has continued its spread to eastern states, and was recently documented in North Carolina. White-nose syndrome, the disease that has killed thousands of bats, has been discovered in a retired Avery County Mine and in a cave at Grandfather Mountain State, North Carolina.
"White-nose syndrome is confirmed in Virginia and Tennessee, so we expected we would be one of the next states to see the disease," Gabrielle Graeter, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. "This discovery marks the arrival of one of the most devastating threats to bat conservation in our time."
"White-nose syndrome is confirmed in Virginia and Tennessee, so we expected we would be one of the next states to see the disease," Gabrielle Graeter, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. "This discovery marks the arrival of one of the most devastating threats to bat conservation in our time."
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 2/27/2011 11:00 AM 
Categories: Bats
Tags: bats white nose syndrome North Carolina bat disease fungus
Categories: Bats
Tags: bats white nose syndrome North Carolina bat disease fungus
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