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  • Dr. Bruce Smith tells truth about feeding elk that Wyoming politicians need to heed, but refuse

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Deer prions could jump to humans, study says

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Cause of spread of "mad elk", "mad deer" disease found

    Ralph Maughan

    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 dirt,…

  • Protein linked to wasting disease found in elk antler velvet

    Ralph Maughan

    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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