PRO/AH> Chronic wasting disease, cervid - USA (07): environmental contamination

Chronic Wasting Disease -- United States
Kurt C VerCauteren, John L Pilon, Paul B Nash, Gregory E Phillips, Justin W Fischer
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Abstract
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Avian scavengers, such as American crows (_Corvus brachyrhynchos_), have potential to translocate infectious agents (prions) of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) diseases including chronic wasting disease,

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