Bats in Texas have developed the syndrome:
FILE - This undated photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows little brown bats with the fuzzy white patches of fungus typical of white nose syndrome, which affects at least 12 species nationwide. Louisiana is now among 41 states where the fungus has been found on bats, though the disease has not shown up in the state. has been found in Louisiana, but no bats in the state have been sickened by it so far.
Louisiana is the 41st state where the fungus has been found; the disease has been confirmed in 38 of them, Marilyn Kitchell, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s white-nose syndrome spokesperson, said in an interview Tuesday.“The news about the fungus ... being found in Louisiana is not surprising but is discouraging," Winifred F. Frick, chief scientist at Bat Conservation International, wrote in an email.
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