Dr. blehert took 117 healthy bats into his laboratory. he exposed 83 of them to the fungus suspected of causing white-nose syndrome (wns), while the rest of the bats were not exposed to the fungus but were otherwise kept under the same environmental conditions. all of the bats were monitored for symptoms of wns. what was the treatment group in dr. blehert's experiment?

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Lizbeth Solomon

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22 May, 07:47

Dr. blehert took 117 healthy bats into his laboratory. he exposed 83 of them to the fungus suspected of causing white-nose syndrome (wns), while the rest of the bats were not exposed to the fungus but were otherwise kept under the same environmental conditions. all of the bats were monitored for symptoms of wns. what was the treatment group in dr. blehert's experiment?

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Belen Cordova · Answer 1

The treatment group was the 83 bats which he did expose them to fungus and still keeping them under the same environmental conditions as the unexposed bats. WNS is the result of a fungus called pseudogymnoascus that invades and ingests the skin of hibernating bats including their wings