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All About Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a mysterious and mindless killer that isn’t even alive, but it warps the very fabric of the brain. No, it’s not the latest horror movie trailer, it’s a prion. What is a prion? It’s a malformed protein that, when it touches other proteins, causes them to unfold and refold in …

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Slowing The Spread of CWD

Access and Outdoor Opportunities News, Conservation Stewards News, Habitat and Water Resources News, Hunters For The Hungry News, Living Wyoming Wild News, Migration Corridors News, News, Outreach And Local Engagement News, Recovering America's Wildlife Act News, Science Based Management News, Sustainable Wildlife Management News, Wildlife Migrations News / By Andrea Barbknecht / February 27, 2017

Editor’s Note: Updated March 18, 2022 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been a chronic worry for Wyoming’s mule herds, causing slow wasting and death in any infected animals for 35 known-years. During the early years of managing this disease, Wyoming chose a cautious wait-and-see approach to managing the disease. Given the unknowns about CWD at …

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