Control and Surveillance Operations to Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease Establishment in Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer in Québec, Canada

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a degenerative and fatal prion disease affecting cervids, was detected for the first time in the province of Québec, Canada, in a red deer (Cervus elaphus) farm in the Laurentides region on 10 September 2018. To assess CWD prevalence and control the disease in the free...

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Published in:	Animals (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 283
Main Authors:	Gagnier, Marianne, Laurion, Isabelle, DeNicola, Anthony J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 12.02.2020 MDPI
Subjects:	cervid prions cervids Cervus elaphus Chronic wasting disease chronic wasting disease response culling deer disease transmission farms Health aspects infectious diseases monitoring Odocoileus virginianus outreach parks Prevention prion containment prion diseases Quebec White-tailed deer wildlife Canada Quebec cervids chronic wasting disease response prion diseases cervid prions culling infectious diseases white-tailed deer chronic wasting disease prion containment
ISSN:	2076-2615, 2076-2615
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