Deer and elk hunters hunt for a variety of reasons. Harvesting meat is an obvious one. But most hunters are also inspired by enjoying recreation, being close to nature and spending time with family and friends. All are valuable components of good hunting. Whatever your motivations for going afield, take Read more
Chronic Wasting Disease in Canadian Wildlife: An Expert Opinion on the Epidemiology and Risks to Wild Deer is now available on the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre website. This document represents a summary of discussion, conclusions, and recommendations of an Expert Scientific Panel convened to: provide a synopsis of chronic Read more
Renews Call For an End to Game Farms in Canada OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is renewing its call to have the game farming industry in Canada decommissioned with compensation paid to farmers. This comes in response to an expert panel report on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Read more
Scientists are reporting that, for the first time, they have made an artificial prion, or misfolded protein, that can, by itself, produce a deadly infectious disease in mice and may help explain the roots of mad cow disease. The findings, being reported today in the journal Science, are strong evidence Read more
Study supports idea prions can infect brains Researchers say they finally have proof of a controversial theory on the cause of a fatal family of brain disorders that includes mad cow and chronic wasting disease. They did so by creating the first synthetic prions, infectious agents devoid of any genetic Read more
Human Dimensions of Wildlife Volume 9 (2004) Quarterly ISSN Print 1087-1209 ISSN Online 1533-158X Human Dimensions of Wildlife is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of social considerations in fisheries and wildlife management. The journal provides an open forum for exchange of human dimensions information. This special issue Read more
Prion proteins can be found in the muscles of infected sheep, reports a new study in the June issue of Nature Medicine. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans might result from consumption of animal products contaminated with prions. Olivier Andréoletti and his colleagues found that the prion protein PrPSc accumulates in Read more
MADISON – With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will investigate what happens if infectious prion proteins – considered the cause of chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease – enter wastewater treatment plants. Joining UW-Madison scientists Judd Aiken and Joel Pedersen Read more
Arlington, Va.—A team of researchers has reported that chronic wasting disease (CWD) can be transmitted through environments contaminated by whole carcasses or excrement of animals infected with the pathogen that causes CWD. The research confirms long-held theories that CWD can be indirectly spread through environmental sources, in addition to direct Read more
A team of Colorado and Wyoming researchers has reported that chronic wasting disease can be transmitted through environments contaminated by whole carcasses or excrement of animals infected with the fatal illness. The research confirms long-held theories that CWD can be spread through indirect environmental sources. Previous published research that involved Read more