Direct prion transmission likely predominates during breeding season, but indirect interactions may be more common at socially attractive sites such as scrapes, the authors say.
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One of the 2 infected white-tailed bucks was found near Greenfield in Hennepin County; the other was taken near Hawley in Clay County.
The 2.5-year-old buck was found on private land in Lanier County, in the south-central part of the state.
The exact degree of population declines, however, will depend on local hunter harvest and recruitment rates, the report authors say.
Grilling the meat substantially boosted detection of the prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in the tissue.
The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
The buck was harvested in Millbrook Township in the west-central part of the state.
The deer was in the Hog Heaven Management Zone of the reservation, located in the western part of the state.
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 infected 1-year-old buck was harvested November 23 on private land less than 10 miles from borders with Calumet and Sheboygan counties.
The 3.5-year-old white-tailed doe was housed on a high-fence ranch in the central Texas county.
