Chronic Wasting Disease — United States
Some deer are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease that is spreading through herds of white-tailed deer across much of the United States, according to researchers, who have identified a panel of genetic markers that reliably predict which animals are most vulnerable to the contagious neurological disorder.
“The genetic variants making a deer less susceptible to chronic wasting disease are in much lower frequency in the East, likely because they weren’t needed,” said David Walter,
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