The real question that wasn’t answered in the article: how does this disease spread? If it only spreads via eating parts of an infected animal, it’s fairly easy to contain. If it spreads through bodily fluids, it’s like HIV/AIDS and can be mitigated. If it spreads via contact (handshakes, doorknobs etc) it’s a nightmare. If it somehow is airborne, well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpFzESVN-xU
The real question that wasn’t answered in the article: how does this disease spread? If it only spreads via eating parts of an infected animal, it’s fairly easy to contain. If it spreads through bodily fluids, it’s like HIV/AIDS and can be mitigated. If it spreads via contact (handshakes, doorknobs etc) it’s a nightmare. If it somehow is airborne, well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpFzESVN-xU
I believe it was spread through urination of the deer on plants, it was very resilient to any environmental factors.
it is also accumulated in plants iirc
Yes it does!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10700824/
https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/transmission.html