No evidence of uptake or propagation of reindeer CWD prions in environmentally exposed sheep

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of cervids first reported in North America in the 1960s. In Europe, CWD was first diagnosed in 2016 in a wild reindeer in Norway. Detection of two more cases in...

Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - June 6, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Erez Harpaz, Øyvind Salvesen, Geir Rune Rauset, Aqsa Mahmood, Linh Tran, Bjørnar Ytrehus, Sylvie Lafond Benestad, Michael Andreas Tranulis, Arild Espenes and Cecilie Ersdal Tags: Research Source Type: research