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The remaining seven infected bats were PCR-positive with normal wing histology. Infected bats with WNS had higher proportions of lean tissue mass to fat tissue mass than uninfected bats in measuring an increase in total body water volume as a percent of body mass. Infected bats used twice as much energy as healthy bats, and starved to death.
If disturbances within hibernacula are repeated, bats (especially juveniles) are likely to die. This phenomenon was well documented in other species of bats in eastern North America, such as the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and gray bat (Myotis grisescens). White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal infection that attacks bats while they hibernate.
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun " myotis " itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek " muós (meaning "mouse") and " oûs " (meaning ear), literally translating to "mouse-eared".
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