Chronic wasting disease in free-ranging Wisconsin White-tailed Deer

Damien O Joly; Christine A Ribic; Julie A Langenberg; Kerry Beheler; Carl A Batha; Brian J Dhuey; Robert E Rolley; Gerald Bartelt; Timothy R Van Deelen; Michael D Samuel

doi:10.3201/eid0905.020721

Chronic wasting disease in free-ranging Wisconsin White-tailed Deer

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May;9(5):599-601. doi: 10.3201/eid0905.020721.

Authors

Damien O Joly¹, Christine A Ribic, Julie A Langenberg, Kerry Beheler, Carl A Batha, Brian J Dhuey, Robert E Rolley, Gerald Bartelt, Timothy R Van Deelen, Michael D Samuel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 218 Russell Labs, Madison, WI 53706, USA. dojoly@wisc.edu

Abstract

Three White-tailed Deer shot within 5 km during the 2001 hunting season in Wisconsin tested positive for chronic wasting disease, a prion disease of cervids. Subsequent sampling within 18 km showed a 3% prevalence (n=476). This discovery represents an important range extension for chronic wasting disease into the eastern United States.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / metabolism
Deer*
Female
Lymph Nodes / chemistry
Male
Prevalence
Prions / analysis
Wasting Disease, Chronic / diagnosis*
Wasting Disease, Chronic / epidemiology*
Wisconsin / epidemiology

Substances

Prions