AT Hiker
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A very interesting study just published;
In a nut shell; deer fawns were infected with scrapie and every single deer later tested positive. "whitetail deer are susceptible to the agent of classic scrapie from sheep, and differentiation from CWD may be difficult."
Sheep have dotted the American landscape....
Supposedly, scrapie infected sheep were identified in the mid 1700's UK, identified here in the 1940's. People have been eating sheep for quite some time, obviously, and so far no evidence exist that scrapie is zoonotic
Characterization of Classical Sheep Scrapie in White-tailed Deer after Experimental Oronasal Exposure
All deer inoculated oronasally with classic sheep scrapie accumulated PrPSc with a tissue distribution similar to deer with chronic wasting disease (CWD).
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In a nut shell; deer fawns were infected with scrapie and every single deer later tested positive. "whitetail deer are susceptible to the agent of classic scrapie from sheep, and differentiation from CWD may be difficult."
Sheep have dotted the American landscape....
Supposedly, scrapie infected sheep were identified in the mid 1700's UK, identified here in the 1940's. People have been eating sheep for quite some time, obviously, and so far no evidence exist that scrapie is zoonotic
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