Little Brown Bat with White-Nose Syndrome (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Little Brown Bat with White-Nose Syndrome

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University of Illinois researchers have discovered a naturally occurring compound that inhibits the growth of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats. This infected little brown bat was observed in a mine in Vermont.

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Moriarty Marvin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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