Report to the Fish and Wildlife Health Committee of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies from USGS Science Centers

New areas reporting white-nose syndrome of bats (CT, MA, NH, NJ, MD, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV, Ontario, Canada): The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) has confirmed that samples from bats collected at two new locations, Maryland and Ontario, Canada are infected with the fungus Geomyces destructans, the likely cause of white-nose syndrome (WNS). This is the first time the disease has been documented in Canada. Tennessee was also recently added to the list of states with confirmed cases of WNS in bats (WHB 2010-01), bringing the total number of states that have confirmed WNS to 11.