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AGE AND REPEATED BIOPSY INFLUENCE ANTEMORTEM PRP(CWD) TESTING IN MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS) IN COLORADO, USA.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Oct 2015
Geremia Chris, Hoeting Jennifer A, Wolfe Lisa L, Galloway Nathan L, Antolin Michael F, Spraker Terry R, Miller Michael W, Hobbs N Thompson
Abstract excerpt
Biopsy of rectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue provides a useful, but imperfect, live-animal test for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). It is difficult and expensive to complete these tests on free-ranging animals, and wildlife health managers will benefit from methods that can accommodate test results of varying quality. To this end, we developed a hierarchical Bayesian model...
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