Springfield, IL - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
today confirmed the presence of White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), a disease
fatal to several bat species, in four Illinois counties.
The University of Illinois- Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS),
the United States Forest Service (USFS)-Shawnee National Forest, the
University of Illinois' Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UIVDL), and
the USGS National Wildlife Health Center-Madison, WI (NWHC) assisted
in the discovery of WNS which was detected in LaSalle County in
north-central Illinois, Monroe County in southwestern Illinois, and
Hardin and Pope Counties in extreme southern Illinois
.
Little brown bats and northern long-eared bats from these counties
were submitted to the UIVDL and NWHC in early-to-mid February 2013.
Both of these laboratories confirmed the disease, while the fungal
pathogen was isolated directly from a LaSalle County bat and a Monroe
County bat at the INHS.
See the full article at -
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/news/Pages/White-NoseSyndromeConfirmedinIllinoisBats.aspx
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