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July Spotlight - Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic Wasting Disease
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Recent Literature

Chronic Wasting Disease in Mule Deer: Disease Dynamics and Control.  Gross, J.E and Miller M.W. 2001. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:205-215.

Detection of Bias in Harvest-Based Estimates of Chronic Wasting Disease Prevalence in Mule Deer.  Conner, M.M., C.W. McCarty, and M.W. Miller. 2000. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:691-699.

Epizootiology of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging cervids in Colorado and Wyoming.  Miller, M.W., E.S. Williams, C.W. McCarty, T.R. Spraker, T.J. Kreeger, C.T. 2000. Journal of Wildlife Disease 36:676-690.

 

 

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 Chronic Wasting Disease is a neurological disease found in deer and elk herds in portions of northeastern Colorado and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska.  It belongs to a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.  The disease attacks the brains of infected deer and elk, causing the animals to become emaciated, display abnormal behavior, lose bodily functions and die.  Besides being found in wild deer and elk, the disease has been found in captive deer and elk in five states and one Canadian province.