White-Nose Syndrome

Scientific name: Causative agent is possibly Geomyces destructans, but its role in the disease is uncertain

Common names: White-Nose Syndrome

Native To: Unknown; the fungus has been discovered on bats in Europe, but it is unknown whether it is endemic to this area or a recent introduction

Date of U.S. Introduction: First discovered in a cave near Albany, New York in Feb 2006. New York Department of Environmental Conservation biologists documented white-nose syndrome in Jan 2007.

Images: White-Nose Syndrome Photo Gallery (National Wildlife Health Center) and Google

Video: The Battle for Bats: White Nose Syndrome

Means of Introduction: Unknown

Impact: Disease of bats with mortality rates of 60 to 90 percent

Current U.S. Distribution: Eastern U.S.

• White-Nose Syndrome Maps (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Management Plans: Microbes / White-Nose Syndrome

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

White Nose Syndrome Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research

Help Us Slow the Spread of White-nose Syndrome (PDF | 1 MB)
USDA. Forest Service. Eastern Region.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

White Nose Syndrome (PDF | 84 KB)
DOI. Bureau of Land Management.
Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls; Special Note: Decontamination procedures

White-Nose Syndrome: Something is Killing our Bats
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

White-Nose Syndrome and North Carolina - An Overview (PDF | 374 KB)
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion

White Nose Syndrome: Overview
DOI. NBII. Wildlife Disease Information Node.
Photographs; Introduction History; Distribution

White-Nose Syndrome Threatens the Survival of Hibernating Bats in North America
DOI. USGS. Fort Collins Science Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat

White-Nose Syndrome (WNS)
DOI. USGS. National Wildlife Health Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Joint Oversight Hearing On "White-Nose Syndrome: What's Killing Bats In The Northeast?" (Jun 4, 2009)
U.S. House of Representatives. House Natural Resources Committee.
Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

State Government

White-nose Syndrome (PDF | 1.1 MB)
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion

Bat Mortality in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Impacts; Distribution; Controls

White-nose syndrome
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Photographs; Impacts

White-Nose Syndrome (WNS)
Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

White-nose Syndrome Frequently Asked Questions (PDF | 24 KB)
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

White-Nose Syndrome in Virginia
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Illustrations; Distribution; Controls

White-nose syndrome
Boston University (Massachusetts). Ecology and Conservation Biology.
Photographs; Impacts; Research

White Nose Syndrome Information (PDF | 155 KB)
Indiana State University. Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

International

Exotic - White Nose Syndrome Fact Sheet (Oct 22, 2010; PDF | 80 KB)
Australian Wildlife Health Network.
Identification/Description; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

White-Nose Syndrome in Alberta (Jul 2009; PDF | 486 KB)
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (Canada). Fish and Wildlife.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Dispersion; Controls

White-Nose Syndrome Alert (Spring 2009; PDF | 553 KB)
British Columbia Ministry of Environment (Canada). British Columbia Bat Action Team.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Introduction History; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Bats and White Nose Syndrome
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada). Wildlife Management.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

White-nose Syndrome
Bat Conservation Trust (United Kingdom).
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

White-nose Syndrome
Bat Conservation International.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Bats on the Brink: White-nose syndrome hits home (Mar 1, 2010)
Center for Northern Woodlands Education (Vermont).
Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution

Mapping the Spread of White-Nose Syndrome with GIS (Sep 2009)
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute). ArcWatch Magazine.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Coping with White Nose Syndrome - Arkansas Underground (Jul 2009; PDF | 795 KB)
National Speleological Society. Little Rock Grotto.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

White-Nose Syndrome
Western Bat Working Group.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls