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Vaccination May Help Bats Resist Killer Fungal Disease, Early Research Shows

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A Tri-colored bat, at risk for white-nose syndrome, clings to the wall of a winter hibernaculum on the Ouachita Mountains.
J. FROELICH

White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease which has killed millions of cave-dwelling bats in North America including in Arkansas, continues to spread. This month a coalition of Wisconsin wildlife scientists reported a breakthrough citing experiments where bats vaccinated orally or by injection survived at a higher rate and also developed specific anti-fungal immune responses.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.