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Ohio may expand tracking as chronic wasting disease spreads in deer. What it means for you
More: Franklin County hunting affected by outbreak of another disease The growth of the zone indicates the difficulty of dealing with CWD, a malady caused by a misshaped protein that kills deer by ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram14d
How is chronic wasting disease impacting deer and elk herds in northwest Colorado?
Chronic wasting disease is caused by an infectious prion (or abnormal protein) and spreads primarily by direct contact ...
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AGFC confirms cases of chronic wasting disease in Northern Arkansas
Current research indicates that CWD is caused by a misfolded protein called a prion which is transmitted through feces, urine and saliva. CWD prions accumulate throughout the body and affect an ...
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Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population. Can it be stopped?
Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's ... Prions are a type of protein found naturally on the surface of cells and are particularly abundant in the brain.
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Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, farmed-deer CWD case triggers baiting ban in adjoining county
CWD, a fatal neurologic disease of cervids such as deer ... The Wyoming patient’s virus had the E627K mutation in the polymerase basic 2 (PB2) protein that has been linked to efficient replication ...