Sylvie L. Benestad, Gordon Mitchell, Marion Simmons, Bjørnar Ytrehus, Turid Vikøren
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal contagious prion disease in cervids that is enzootic in some areas in North America. The disease has been found in deer, elk and moose in the USA and Canada, and in South Korea following the importation of infected animals. Here we report the first case of CWD in Europe, in a Norwegian free-ranging reindeer in Southern Norway. The origin of the disease is u...... hiện toàn bộ