Aside from CWD, prion diseases among animals include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow disease”; ...

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources advised hunters to have deer and elk harvested from certain locations tested for chronic ...

If you’re a deer hunter, odds are you’ve heard of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a sickness which spawns so-called “zombie ...

Scrapie, the prototypic prion disease of sheep and goat, was extensively investigated in the nineteenth century and the rare human Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was reported in 1929. But it was the ...

2002 - 2004 - Assistant Research Scientist, Project Leader for an ARS Scrapie grant. 2000 - 2002 - Research Associate, University of Wyoming 1992 - 2000 - Doctoral Candidate, University of Wyoming ...

It’s become a standard part of Utah’s any legal weapon (rifle) deer hunt each year: hunters are again being asked to bring ...

Previously, researchers inoculated animal models with samples derived from humans or animals with a suspected prion disease, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or ...

A deer with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been identified in Breckinridge County, according to the Kentucky Department of ...

In 1985, a vet called Colin Whitaker was being called out to inspect cows in the Kent countryside who were acting strangely – spooked, nervous and on edge. After eliminating some potential ...

How has Hannibal Lecter, one of modern culture's best-known cannibals, avoided catching a deadly and fatal disease caused by prions?

Chromosome 11 is home to genes that affect personality; chromosome 20 is the starting point for a discussion of prions, scrapie, mad-cow disease and the politics that go with them. Early in the ...

The 15 October deadline for completing actions in the National Sheep Welfare Scheme is approaching fast and farmers should ...