What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America
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Female white-tailed deer at sunrise. Gary Gray/Getty Images – By Allan Houston, Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Jun 10 – Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across …