Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is often called the “zombie deer disease” and has become one of the most talked-about threats in wildlife biology and hunting circles. But to really understand what’s happening in our deer and elk herds, we have to look at what we already know about other prion diseases: Mad Cow (BSE), Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and Scrapie in sheep. In this episode, we explore how these known diseases can help us understand the mysterious behavior of CWD. We break do...
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is often called the “zombie deer disease” and has become one of the most talked-about threats in wildlife biology and hunting circles. But to really understand what’s happening in our deer and elk herds, we have to look at what we already know about other prion diseases: Mad Cow (BSE), Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and Scrapie in sheep. In this episode, we explore how these known diseases can help us understand the mysterious behavior of CWD. We break do...
Decoding CWD: What Other Prion Diseases Tell Us About Zombie Deer
The Bovasin Outdoor Chronicles
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1 week ago
Decoding CWD: What Other Prion Diseases Tell Us About Zombie Deer
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is often called the “zombie deer disease” and has become one of the most talked-about threats in wildlife biology and hunting circles. But to really understand what’s happening in our deer and elk herds, we have to look at what we already know about other prion diseases: Mad Cow (BSE), Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and Scrapie in sheep. In this episode, we explore how these known diseases can help us understand the mysterious behavior of CWD. We break do...
The Bovasin Outdoor Chronicles
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is often called the “zombie deer disease” and has become one of the most talked-about threats in wildlife biology and hunting circles. But to really understand what’s happening in our deer and elk herds, we have to look at what we already know about other prion diseases: Mad Cow (BSE), Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), and Scrapie in sheep. In this episode, we explore how these known diseases can help us understand the mysterious behavior of CWD. We break do...
