Electrolyte depletion in white-nose syndrome bats

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 398-402

  Cryan, Paul M ^a   Meteyer, Carol Uphoff ^b   Blehert, David S ^b   Lorch, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Reeder, DeeAnn M ^d   Turner, Gregory G ^e   Webb, Julie ^f   Behr, Melissa ^f   Verant, Michelle ^b   Russell, Robin E ^b   Castle, Kevin T ^g  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Dehydration; Electrolytes; Geomyces destructans; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; FORELIMB; HIBERNATION; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; HIBERNATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MYCOSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; WING;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES;

EID: 84876029748     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-04-121     Document Type: Article

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