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Autry
09-11-2009, 12:32 PM
Prions found in feces of deer asymptomatic for chronic wasting disease

September 9, 2009

Scientists have discovered that deer asymptomatic for a fatal brain condition known as chronic wasting disease excrete the infectious prions that cause the disease in their feces. The finding, they say, suggests....

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