First Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease in a Wild Red Deer () in Europe

Overview

Journal J Wildl Dis

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2019 Mar 29

PMID 30920905

Citations 47

Authors

Turid Vikoren

Jorn Vage

Knut I Madslien

Knut H Roed

Christer M Rolandsen

Linh Tran

Petter Hopp

Vebjorn Veiberg

Marianne Heum

Torfinn Moldal

Carlos G Das Neves

Kjell Handeland

Bjornar Ytrehus

Oyvor Kolbjornsen

Helene Wisloff

Randi Terland

Britt Saure

Kine M Dessen

Solveig Gjerden Svendsen

Brit S Nordvik

Sylvie L Benestad

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Abstract

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal contagious prion disease naturally occurring in cervids in North America. In 2016, CWD was detected in wild reindeer () and moose () in Norway. Here, we report the first known naturally infected wild Norwegian red deer ().

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