ABSTRACT:
Guano has shown promise as a means of detecting Pd exposure in bats and is being investigated for its potential use for early detection in areas where sampling bats during winter is not feasible. Pilot work at a small number of summer roosts in Wisconsin and Washington in Summer 2017 demonstrated that Pd could be detected from guano accumulating under above-ground bat roosts for up to a 28-day period throughout the summer. We are requesting funds to extend this project into spring 2019 in order to increase the number of above-ground summer roosts within approximately 250 km of known Pd range of species known or suspected to susceptible to WNS necessary to evaluate this sampling method as a reliable means for a non-invasive means of Pd detection that could be incorporated into the national surveillance guidance. This could include sites within Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Funding request: $8,820.
We are requesting funds to extend this project into spring 2019 in order to increase the number of above-ground summer roosts within approximately 250 km of known Pd range of species known or suspected to susceptible to WNS necessary to evaluate this sampling method as a reliable means for a non-invasive means of Pd detection that could be incorporated into the national surveillance guidance. This could include sites within Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
AWARD ID: Internal transfer of funds to WFWO
START DATE: 07/15/2018
END DATE: 12/31/2019
SOURCE: Region 1 Science Applications
AMOUNT: $8,820
PI: Anne Ballmann USGS
CONTACT INFO:
LEAD ORG: USGS and USFWS
FWS PO: Tom Miewald, thomas_miewald@fws.gov
