eyecave wrote:has any bat biostudentgroup done a study to see if very widespread isolated milder infestations of wns are present anywhere in TAG?..............GUYS searching for isolated mild infectlijon situations, which are what would be found if these people who think isolated incidences of infections caused by cavers spreading spores was happening..i bet not......
Biologists around the country have been looking for 'atypical' signs of WNS-related damage- scarring, for example- for about a year. The 'milder infestation' you wonder about defines every Gd positive bat from central TN westward to OK- the USFWS classification of "Likely" means that the bats tested positive for the fungus, but showed no clinical signs of WNS.
Google.
eyecave wrote:.......i found a pile of dead bats......10 or so in ellison's, the upper part, at the most 3 years ago.......in the room before the first drop.....was it wns? or was it vandals?...i don't know..................................
I reckon a responsible caver would let the local USFWS contact know about it- what did you do?