Mike Raykovicz: What New York hunters should know as CWD is found in captive deer
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As many deer hunters already know, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been on the radar of wildlife biologists for years. CWD is an always fatal neurological disease affecting deer, elk, caribou, and moose and was first detected in 1967 at a Colorado Mule deer research facility.
CWD can spread directly through animal-to-animal contact or indirectly through a prion-contaminated environment. Prions causing this disease are also spread through the saliva, urine, and, feces of infected animals.
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