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CWD is a fatal neurological disease caused by infectious proteins called prions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026
Animals infected with the disease can release infectious prions into the environment long before symptoms become visible.
From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026
The disease, which is caused by folded proteins known as prions, can transfer to people who eat the meat of infected cattle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
However, because the FDA mandates the removal of all tissues shown to carry the prions — such as brains and spinal cords — from poultry diets, the risk is reduced.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Harrisson remained on the brow of the hill overlooking the cove, and there captured some prions and their eggs.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
