Research team finds additional CWD prions at dump site of Beltrami County deer farm

A team led by University of Minnesota researchers using forensic science techniques has documented the presence of prions that cause chronic wasting disease at a remote Beltrami County site where a nearby deer farm discarded white-tailed deer carcasses.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health in early April confirmed a 3-year-old whitetail doe on a Beltrami County deer farm had tested positive for CWD. The case marked the farthest north in Minnesota the fatal deer disease had been confirmed in Minnesota.

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/northland-outdoors/7038226-Research-team-finds-additional-CWD-prions-at-dump-site-of-Beltrami-County-deer-farm