"...CWD proteins (prions) likely spread between animals through body fluids like feces, saliva, blood, or urine..."I was always under the belief that it was contained in the nervous system tissue (brain and spine) so I felt there was some measure of protection in processing them bonelessly.
https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/tran... CWD proteins (prions,of soil, food or water.
The reason DNRs, like Minnesota, make animal based scents & lures, as well as deer feeding illegal in CWD areas is because it congregates deer and it becomes far more likely that they will transfer bodily fluids and cross contaminate.
On another front, I just read about a Canadian study completed in Sept 2022 where the researchers transfered CWD into Spider Monkeys and Macaques, which are genetically very close to humans, as well as "humanized mice," which I understand to be mice implanted with some human genetics...no...not Mickey Mouse! Net, the test animals mutated the CWD prions into a new version of prion! They cautioned that more testing needs to be done to draw final conclusions, but it could be that just like Mad Cow can mutate to vJCD, CWD may be capable of mutating into a completely new variant. The new variant was in their bodily fluids/feces meaning IF it happened in people they could spread the disease to other humans just like deer do.
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