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- initialism medicine, deer chronic wasting disease
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Using cervid bioassay and established CWD detection methods, we have previously identified infectious prions in saliva and blood but not urine or feces of CWD+ donors.
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CWD by sPMCA in any of the deer orally exposed to urine and feces from CWD+ donors
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nicholas J. Haley et al. 2009
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Using cervid bioassay and established CWD detection methods, we have previously identified infectious prions in saliva and blood but not urine or feces of CWD+ donors.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nicholas J. Haley et al. 2009
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Using cervid bioassay and established CWD detection methods, we have previously identified infectious prions in saliva and blood but not urine or feces of CWD+ donors.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nicholas J. Haley et al. 2009
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Detection of Sub-Clinical CWD Infection in Conventional Test-Negative Deer Long after Oral Exposure to Urine and Feces from CWD+ Deer.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nicholas J. Haley et al. 2009
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Detection of Sub-Clinical CWD Infection in Conventional Test-Negative Deer Long after Oral Exposure to Urine and Feces from CWD+ Deer
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nicholas J. Haley et al. 2009
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Detection of Sub-Clinical CWD Infection in Conventional Test-Negative Deer Long after Oral Exposure to Urine and Feces from CWD+ Deer
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CWD is what started the Michigan ban in the first place.
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CWD is what started the Michigan ban in the first place.
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I'm willing to do without deer urine if the threat of spreading CWD is real.
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In a scattershot pattern that now extends from coast to coast, continental US states have been announcing new hotspots of chronic wasting disease (CWD).
‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US Todd Wilkinson 2025
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In the media, CWD is often called “zombie deer disease” due to its symptoms, which include drooling, emaciation, disorientation, a vacant “staring” gaze and a lack of fear of people.
‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US Todd Wilkinson 2025
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