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http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/.../cwdmdce.shtml
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It is not certain how Chronic wasting disease CWD is transmitted, but based
on experience with the disease in captive deer species in facilities in the
states of Colorado and Wyoming, both lateral (animal to animal) and maternal
(mother to offspring) transmission may be possible. The most likely means of transmission is
between animals that are in close contact with each other. The epidemiology
supports the lateral transmission as the major mode of transmission as most
affected animals in the Colorado and Wyoming facilities were unrelated. In
addition, the elk and mule deer placed in paddocks that had housed infected
cervids for many years, became infected, even though there were no other
cervids on the premises, leading to the assumption that the environment of
a facility could transmit the disease. There were a few cases of CWD in
offspring of dams which developed the disease but it was not possible to
rule out lateral transmission.

Is there a risk to human health?
There is currently no scientific evidence that CWD affects humans, but we
must exercise caution since there is some evidence to suggest that BSE can
affect humans, which is another TSE also known as mad cow disease.
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Mad Cow Disease / Mad Deer Disease

- http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm

This appears to be a US website and appears to lack any depth of
knowledge of BSE

Anything to cast doubt, eh Jim.

Here are just some of the links at this excellent site;

Mad Cow Europe

a.. 11/10 McDonald's 'disastrous year' blamed in part on mad cow
b.. 10/31 Patients in CJD blunder facing 20 years of dread

snipping for brevity

ew.. 6/4 How Britain spawned a global epidemic
ex.. 6/3 Could mad cow strike the United States?
ey.. 6/1 Factory farming and human health
ez.. previous articles


Mad cow in America

Zero.

That's that disease mainly in England, right? And we have this rather large
body of water between us, right?

Let's have another beer.