Soil Compound Fights Chronic Wasting Disease (IMAGE)

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Soil Compound Fights Chronic Wasting Disease

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CWD infectivity is shed from infected deer and released from deer carcasses. CWD then interacts with and can bind to soil components.

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Judd Aiken, 2018.

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