North Dakota Game and Fish issued a news release reporting the first documented WNS deaths in the state’s bats.

“In early May, the Southwest District Health Unit in Dickinson contacted the North Dakota Game and Fish Department with reports of dead bats found in Medora. Six were submitted to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc. for analysis.”

WNS has previously been detected in the state, but these are the first documented deaths due to the fungus.

See Also:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service WNS Fact Sheet

Plasma proteomic profiles differ between European and North American myotid bats colonized by Pseudogymnoascus destructans