No one knows with certainty where chronic wasting disease came from. It was first seen in captive mule deer in Colorado in the 1960s. Since then,CWD spread throughout the U.S., Canada, and several other countries. CWD may have arisen spontaneously in wild deer populations or captive ones....
Elk meat appears darker than beef because it isn't marbled with fat. This also means elk meat does not require as much cooking time and temperatures as other meat. Cook it in a slow oven at 275°F (135°C). Slow cooking at this temperature will give you the most flavorful meat. Larg...
Specific molecular analyses (i.e., protein misfolding cyclic amplification, PMCA) on faeces have also been used successfully to detect prion diseases such as chronic wasting disease, CWD, in ungulates [46]. Faeces are also routinely used to screen for pathogenic bacteria by standard microbiological...