2024
DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.24.590903
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Biodetection of an odor signature in white-tailed deer associated with infection by chronic wasting disease prions

Glen J. Golden,
Elizabeth A. Ramirez,
Hayley N. Stevens
et al.

Abstract: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has become a major concern among those involved in managing wild and captive cervid populations. CWD is a fatal, highly transmissible spongiform encephalopathy caused by an abnormally folded protein, called a prion. Prions are present in a number of tissues, including feces and urine in CWD infected animals, suggesting multiple modes of transmission, including animal-to-animal, environmental, and by fomite. CWD management is complicated by the lack of practical, non-invasive, live… Show more

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