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Posted on Feb 09, 2004, 5 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Its problem is not mad cow disease -- but it's close. It's chronic wasting disease, a North American sibling of mad cow that infects wild deer and elk across northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. In the past two years, it has leapt as far as New Mexico and Wisconsin, and is expected to continue spreading.
Its problem is not mad cow disease -- but it's close. It's chronic wasting disease, a North American sibling of mad cow that infects wild deer and elk across northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. In the past two years, it has leapt as far as New Mexico and Wisconsin, and is expected to continue spreading. Oregon officials regularly test wildlife for signs of the scourge, which can dwell unnoticed in its victims for years before escalating to symptoms and then death. U.S.
Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front%5fpage/107615855456220.xml
[Editor: The preceding article was not written by A4M/WHN]
