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USDA Seeks Comments on Three Petitions Regarding Delayed Implementation of Chronic Wasting Disease Regulations

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2006–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting comments on three petitions requesting that APHIS reconsider provisions and delay a recent final rule establishing a herd certification program and interstate movement restrictions for cervids to control the spread of chronic wasting disease Read more…

Colorado State University Study Shows Evidence That Chronic Wasting Disease Spreads Through Saliva, Blood

FORT COLLINS – New Colorado State University-led research shows for the first time that chronic wasting disease may spread through saliva and blood of infected deer, which poses new possibilities that the disease may spread by blood-sucking insects or social contact between animals. The study also reinforces that no tissue Read more…

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