A disease deadly to bats, which was first reported in Kentucky in Trigg County, has now been confirmed at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Park Superintendent Mark Woods said laboratory test results on three bats from the more than 30 caves at the park, came back positive for white-nose syndrome.
White-nose syndrome is known to be transmitted primarily from bat to bat, but it can be carried between caves by humans on clothing, footwear, and caving gear. White-nose syndrome is not known to affect people, pets, or livestock but is harmful or lethal to hibernating bats.
The first documentation of the disease in Kentucky was in a privately owned cave in Trigg County, where more than 20 brown bats were found to have contracted white-nose syndrome.
The disease was first detected in New York State in 2006 and has killed more than 5.5-million cave dwelling bats in the eastern third of the U.S. It has now been confirmed in 19 states.
White-nose syndrome is known to be transmitted primarily from bat to bat, but it can be carried between caves by humans on clothing, footwear, and caving gear. White-nose syndrome is not known to affect people, pets, or livestock but is harmful or lethal to hibernating bats.
The first documentation of the disease in Kentucky was in a privately owned cave in Trigg County, where more than 20 brown bats were found to have contracted white-nose syndrome.
The disease was first detected in New York State in 2006 and has killed more than 5.5-million cave dwelling bats in the eastern third of the U.S. It has now been confirmed in 19 states.
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