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The Search for Genetic Clues to Determine Chronic Wasting Disease Susceptibility

June 18, 2020 Sydney Hart, APHIS Government Affairs

As cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) continue to rise, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is looking to genetics for new and innovative ways to reduce the prevalence of this brain-wasting disease in farmed and wild deer and elk populations. Working in collaboration with...

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