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  1. myopathy
    any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction
    "Mishandling of the bats resulted in broken fingers, soiled fur, skin infections ... bruised legs ... anorexia, capture myopathy and death," the consultant, Missy Singleton, wrote in a report last December.
  2. white fungus
    a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
    The white fungus is so-called because it collects on the bat's muzzle, in addition to other areas, experts said.
  3. anorexia
    a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
    "Mishandling of the bats resulted in broken fingers, soiled fur, skin infections ... bruised legs ... anorexia, capture myopathy and death," the consultant, Missy Singleton, wrote in a report last December.
  4. subspecies
    a taxonomic group that is a division of a species
    The wildlife service has said there are only about 15,000 Virginia big-eared bats in existence and if the disease strikes them, "this bat subspecies could likely become extinct."
  5. fungus
    a spore-producing organism that lacks chlorophyll
    The controversy is being played out against the backdrop of the so-called "white-nose syndrome," a fungus that has killed more than a million bats of various kinds in recent years throughout the Northeast.
  6. injection
    the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
    She said that poor injection techniques caused bats to "cry out," and that twice, needles entered the gloves of the person holding the bat during injections.
  7. conservation
    careful management of the environment and natural resources
    "We could lose the last 10 bats," said David E. Wildt, senior scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., where the colony is housed.
  8. syndrome
    a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
    The controversy is being played out against the backdrop of the so-called "white-nose syndrome," a fungus that has killed more than a million bats of various kinds in recent years throughout the Northeast.
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