After 22 years as the chief biologist at the National Elk Refuge, Bruce Smith pens an easy-to-read, but stark warning about continuing elk feeding-
Prions are bit like tiny pieces of radioactive material in that they are very dangerous promoters of illness and for practical purposes never really go away, resting in the dust and […]
Continue Reading →Currently Chronic Wasting Disease does not infect humans, but . . .
Chronic wasting disease is spreading more and more widely. Our anti-conservation friends in the Department of Livestock and the various anti-wolf groups worry about brucellosis and dog tapeworms, but here is something that would be truly terrifying. Prions jumped from sheep probably to […]
Continue Reading →It’s in their droppings, and the infectious prions never go away!
Really, really bad news about chronic wasting disease. Study Spells Out Spread of Brain Illness in Animals. By Sandra Blakeslee. New York Times.
“Dr. Aiken said prions tended to bind to clay in soil and to persist indefinitely. When deer graze on infected […]
Continue Reading →Consumers of “health supplement” may be at risk, study says-
Protein linked to wasting disease found in elk antler velvet. Consumers of health supplement may be at risk, study says. By Hanneke Brooymans. The Edmonton Journal.
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