Grilling the meat substantially boosted detection of the prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in the tissue.
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North American CWD prion strains have been detected in cervid muscle tissue, but this is the first identification of European CWD prion strains in cervid muscle.
The finding triggered the renewal of baiting and feeding bans in 2 counties.
This effort, the first of its kind, expands on previous reports by exploring the potential for spillover and mitigation of related health and economic consequences.
CWD was first detected in wild deer in Idaho in 2021 and the following year in wild elk.
Roberts County is located in the Texas Panhandle, a 26-county region in the northernmost part of the state bordered by New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The disease was confirmed in a dead cow elk near Jackson, Wyoming, and a hunter-harvested deer in Alabama's Colbert County.
The infected bull was transported to Idaho in March 2023 from Alberta, and the Canadian ranch later confirmed a CWD-positive elk.
The affected animals were a mule deer buck harvested north of Columbus and a male white-tailed deer west of Nye.
The affected buck was harvested by a hunter on November 19 in the southeast corner of the reservation, which is located in northeastern Wisconsin.
The buck was harvested during the opening weekend of firearms season in Deer Permit Area 271, along Minnesota's border with South Dakota.
