Harvesting of healthy bats in Midwest for WNS infection research in Penn.
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Once at the university, the healthy bats will be infected with white-nose syndrome and later euthanized after a series of studies.
The scientists hope their study reveals how to ward off the disease or provides clues as to how to treat it. One fact that gives them hope is that the fungus prospers in cold weather, leading researchers to believe it’s less likely to spread to southern climates.
Who will survive? Exploring individual, sex, and species differences in susceptibility and resistance to WNS. Reeder/Willis/Franck, 2010
Describe between-species and within-species variation in response to infection with Gd (including the potential lack of infection in some species/individuals, who may be exposed to the fungus [PCR+], but not develop WNS). Determine whether natural selection for traits leading to resistance against Gd/WNS is plausible
"Evaluation of a terbinafine impregnated subcutaneous implant for the treatment of Geomyces destructans infected bats."
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