Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

This article is intended to summarize for the general public, and particularly hunters, farmed cervid owners, and landowners, what is currently known about chronic wasting disease (CWD) and its impacts, with information about practices to minimize spread of the disease, as well as safely handle and...

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Main Authors: Bridget B. Baker, Samantha M. Wisely, Anastasia Postowski, Kristen Wilson
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Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/136585
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spelling doaj-art-cf86fbf9dc0041809805266bc1e3d4f42025-08-21T04:46:43ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092025-03-0120252Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)Bridget B. Baker0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-9038Samantha M. Wisely1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-4518Anastasia Postowski2https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6058-6877Kristen Wilson3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6118-6123University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaaUniversity of Florida This article is intended to summarize for the general public, and particularly hunters, farmed cervid owners, and landowners, what is currently known about chronic wasting disease (CWD) and its impacts, with information about practices to minimize spread of the disease, as well as safely handle and test deer. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/136585chronic wasting diseaseCervidaewildlife diseases
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