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Swabbing a bat during white-nose syndrome surveillance

By Fort Collins Science Center May 2024 (approx.)
hands in purple gloves hold a bat, hand in black glove uses Q-tip to swab the bat
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Researchers swab a bat for the presence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus that causes deadly white-nose syndrome.

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