Host, Pathogen, and Environmental Characteristics Predict White-Nose Syndrome Mortality in Captive Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

Host, Pathogen, and Environmental Characteristics Predict White-Nose Syndrome Mortality in Captive Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

An estimated 5.7 million or more bats died in North America between 2006 and 2012 due to infection with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) during hibernation. The behavioral and physiological changes associated with hibernation leave bats vulnerable to...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Joseph S., Reeder, DeeAnn M., McMichael, James W., Meierhofer, Melissa B., Stern, Daniel W. F., Lumadue, Shayne S., Sigler, Lauren E., Winters, Harrison D., Vodzak, Megan E., Kurta, Allen, Kath, Joseph A., Field, Kenneth A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237369/

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