• Machinist@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Yeah, it’s pretty much the cervid version of Mad Cow. Affects whitetail, mule, moose, elk, maybe some Asian deer. Current research is pointing to it not being human transmissible but they have had lab transmission in primates with direct neuro tissue transfer. It’s highly infectious and stays in the ground for years.

    Captive deer lick noses through the fence with wild deer and greatly helped the spread.

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      20 hours ago

      There’s so much we still don’t understand about prions, I have a horrible feeling that it should be phrased 'it’s not transmissible to humans yet '.