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Intranasal inoculation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with lyophilized chronic wasting disease prion particulate complexed to montmorillonite clay.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Nichols Tracy A, Spraker Terry R, Rigg Tara D, Meyerett-Reid Crystal, Hoover Clare, Michel Brady, Bian Jifeng, Hoover Edward, Gidlewski Thomas, Balachandran Aru, O'Rourke Katherine, Telling Glenn C, Bowen Richard, Zabel Mark D, VerCauteren Kurt C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), the only known prion disease endemic in wildlife, is a persistent problem in both wild and captive North American cervid populations. This disease continues to spread and cases are found in new areas each year. Indirect transmission can occur via the environment and...
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