Investigating Chronic Wasting Disease

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Investigating Chronic Wasting Disease

Posted by michael on Sunday December 1, 2002 @09:11AM from the deerslayer dept.

windows writes "The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch has an article in today's newspaper on efforts by many states to test for chronic wasting disease. The disease affects deer and elk, and is similar to Mad Cow Disease in how it destroys brain tissue giving it a spony appearance under a microscope. Due to the rapid spread of the disease recently, most states are enlisting the assistance of hunters to provide brain stems of deer, to test for the disease. The purpose of this study is just to determine how far geographically the disease has spread. It is not yet understood how the disease is spread or if it is a threat to cattle or humans."

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IN SOVIET RUSSIA by IN+SOVIET+RUSSIA · 2002-12-01 09:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

Chronic Wasting Diseases Investigate You!
1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:36 · Score: -1, Redundant
  
  Cock Suck You!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:13 · Score: -1, Redundant

Chronic Wasting DiseasesInvestigate You!
in america.. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:14 · Score: -1, Redundant

chronic wasting disease is a genetic problem

in soviet russia, chronic wasting disease is caused by fallout from chernobyl!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:16 · Score: -1, Redundant

ChronicWasting Diseases Investigate You!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:18 · Score: -1, Redundant

Chronic Wasting Diseases 1nvestigate You!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:22 · Score: -1, Redundant

Chronic Wasting Diseases InvestigateYou!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:24 · Score: -1, Redundant

ChronicWasting Diseases Investigate You!
Microsoft users have this disease. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:32 · Score: -1, Redundant

Too bad they don't know that they are afflicted.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:33 · Score: -1, Redundant

Chronic Wasteing Diseases Investigate You!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:38 · Score: -1, Redundant

Chronic WastingDiseases InvestigateYou!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-01 09:40 · Score: -1, Redundant

Chronic Wasting DiseasesInvestigate You!