4955194
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10.5061/dryad.612dg
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Field, Kenneth A.
Bucknell University
Behr, Melissa J.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Turner, Gregory G.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Furze, Morgan E.
Bucknell University
Stern, Daniel W. F.
Bucknell University
Allegra, Paul R.
Bucknell University
Bouboulis, Sarah A.
Bucknell University
Musante, Chelsey D.
Bucknell University
Vodzak, Megan E.
Bucknell University
Biron, Matthew E.
Bucknell University
Meierhofer, Melissa B.
Bucknell University
Frick, Winifred F.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Foster, Jeffrey T.
University of New Hampshire
Howell, Daryl
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Kath, Joseph A.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Kurta, Allen
Eastern Michigan University
Nordquist, Gerda
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Johnson, Joseph S.
Ohio University
Lilley, Thomas M.
Bucknell University
Barrett, Benjamin W.
Bucknell University
Reeder, DeeAnn M.
Bucknell University
Data from: Energy conserving thermoregulatory patterns and lower disease severity in a bat resistant to the impacts of white-nose syndrome
Moore, Marianne S.
Arizona State University
doi:10.1007/s00360-017-1109-2
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disease
Bat
Myotis lucifugus
energetics
The devastating bat fungal disease, white-nose syndrome (WNS), does not appear to affect all species equally. To experimentally determine susceptibility differences between species, we exposed hibernating naïve little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) and big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) to the fungus that causes WNS, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). After hibernating under identical conditions, Pd lesions were significantly more prevalent and more severe in little brown myotis. This species difference in pathology correlates with susceptibility to WNS in the wild and suggests that survival is related to different host physiological responses. We observed another fungal infection, associated with neutrophilic inflammation, that was equally present in all bats. This suggests that both species are capable of generating a response to cold tolerant fungi and that Pd may have evolved mechanisms for evading host responses that are effective in at least some bat species. These host–pathogen interactions are likely mediated not just by host physiological responses, but also by host behavior. Pd-exposed big brown bats, the less affected species, spent more time in torpor than did control animals, while little brown myotis did not exhibit this change. This differential thermoregulatory response to Pd infection by big brown bat hosts may allow for a more effective (or less pathological) immune response to tissue invasion.
<div class="o-metadata__file-usage-entry">MOORE_etal_JCPB_2017_datafordryad<div class="o-metadata__file-description">Data collected from free-ranging bats brought into captivity and experimentally infected with with Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome</div><div class="o-metadata__file-name"></div></div>
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2018-06-05
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https://zenodo.org/records/4955194/files/MOORE_etal_JCPB_2017_datafordryad.xlsx
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10.1007/s00360-017-1109-2
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