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4:56 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

White-Nose Syndrome: A scourge in the bat caves

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Credit Marvin Moriarty / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome hangs in Greeley Mine, Vt., in March 2009. The disease is spreading across the country, currently affecting bat populations in 19 states.
Credit U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
This map shows the prevalence and spread of white-nose syndrome among bats in the eastern U.S. since 2007. Incidences of white-nose syndrome have been spreading west and south.
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Originally published on Thu April 5, 2012 2:01 pm

A disease that has killed more than 5.5 million bats in the eastern United States and Canada is making its way west. White-nose syndrome has now been diagnosed in three Missouri bats — the first confirmed cases west of the Mississippi. And scientists say it won't stop there.

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Bats - White-Nose Syndrome
12:16 pm
Mon April 2, 2012

Bat disease confirmed in Missouri, likely to spread

Credit (Marvin Moriarity/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
A little brown bat showing symptoms of white-nose syndrome in Greeley Mine, Vermont (April, 2009).
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Updated at 3:00 p.m. to clarify and expand description of white-nose syndrome.

A disease that has killed millions of bats across the eastern U.S. has been confirmed in Missouri for the first time.

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