Bats spread WNS...you read it here.

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Bats spread WNS...you read it here.

Postby dfcaver » Oct 11, 2011 2:48 pm

One of the few reports I've read suggesting that something other than cavers are to blame.

Since the discovery of white nose syndrome in the U.S. in the winter of 2006-07, research has been inconclusive that humans play a role in the spread of the fungus that causes white nose syndrome. Through research it is now certain that the primary vector for the spread of the fungus Geomyces destructans is bat to bat, with the secondary vector being from cave to bat. While there has been suspicion of human assistance to the spread of the fungus in instances with long-distance jumps, none have been directly tied to the work of visitors to caves.


http://www.vaildaily.com/article/201109 ... ofile=1062
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Re: Bats spread WNS...you read it here.

Postby dfcaver » Oct 11, 2011 2:55 pm

Bizarre - Peter posted this articile already, but it seems the key sentence that he noted seems to have been removed...am I reading this correctly?
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Postby dfcaver » Oct 11, 2011 3:00 pm

Yep, I'm reading correctly, but not all the followups to Peter's OP. Disregard this thread....
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Postby PYoungbaer » Oct 12, 2011 11:02 am

All,

Yes, this is the corrected on-line version of the original article. Thanks to the Mountain Valley Nature Center for their prompt retraction of the original post on their website blog, and for contacting the Vail newspaper for a similar correction. And good for the paper for doing so.
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