CWD prions found in moose, deer, reindeer muscles in Norway, highlighting potential risk to people
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Researchers who late last week reported finding chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in the muscles of infected moose, red deer, and reindeer in Norway say the discovery raises questions about the risk of human exposure through eating the meat of infected cervids (members of the deer family). CWD is a fatal neurodegenerative cervid disease caused by prions, infectious proteins that trigger abnormal folding in normal proteins, especially in
