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Successful transmission of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) agent to white-tailed deer by intravenous blood transfusion.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Dec 2020
Mammadova Najiba, Cassmann Eric, Greenlee Justin J
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs) that affects free-ranging and captive cervid species. The infectious agent of CWD may be transmitted from ingestion of prions shed in bodily fluids (e.g. feces, urine, saliva, placenta tissue) of infected animals, contaminated pastures, and/or decomposing carcasses from dead animals. Studies have also demonstrated prion infectivity...
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