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Deer Disease Not Bound by Family Ties.
In: Science Now, 2003-09-03, S. 2-2
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a neurodegenerative disease that strikes deer and elk, has spread across central and western North America in the past three decades, killing thousands of animals. Although researchers knew that CWD passes easily from mothers to their offsprings, new research shows that disease can spread from one unrelated animal to another, a finding that helps explain why it's spreading so fast. CWD is related to mad cow disease and scrapie, a fatal neurodegenerative disease in sheep. All three are caused by misfolded proteins called prions that lead to holes in the brain. It's not known exactly how CWD is communicated from one animal to another, but Thomas Yuill, a wildlife disease specialist from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says the presence of prions in tonsil tissue and in the intestines of infected animals suggests CWD is being passed through saliva and feces.
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Deer Disease Not Bound by Family Ties.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Francisco, Edna |
Zeitschrift: | Science Now, 2003-09-03, S. 2-2 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2003 |
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ISSN: | 1947-8062 (print) |
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