A killer in the herdsArkansas emerged this spring as America’s hot spot for chronic wasting disease, a fatal infection that strikes mostly deer and elk. The brain-wasting illness spreads animal to animal. It also contaminates plants and soil through victims’ body fluids. Even years later, healthy animals that graze on the tainted ground can sicken and die. So far, science has found no treatment or vaccine for it, no effective cleanup for the soil, no method to stop the disease’s spread. READ FULL STORY |
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New rules aim: To limit spread
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What they're saying about CWD
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FULL COVERAGEMAP: How CWD has spread over 50 yearsEXPLAINER: How CWD spreads, risk to humansQUIZ: How well do you know CWD and the protein that causes it?CLOSER LOOK: CWD, mad-cow and dementia |