Detection of chronic wasting disease in feces and recto-anal mucosal associated lymphoid tissues with RT-QuIC in a naturally infected farmed white-tailed deer herd

Detection of chronic wasting disease in feces and recto-anal mucosal associated lymphoid tissues with RT-QuIC in a naturally infected farmed white-tailed deer herd

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an infectious prion disease affecting the cervids, including white-tailed deer (WTD) (Odocoileus virginianus). CWD is typically diagnosed postmortem in farmed cervids by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Amplification-based detection methods are newer generation tests curr...

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Main Authors: Deepanker Tewari, Melinda Fasnacht, Margaret Ritzman, Julia Livengood, Jessica Bower, Aaron Lehmkuhl, Tracy Nichols, Alex Hamberg, Kevin Brightbill, Davin Henderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
CWD (chronic wasting disease)
deer
diagnostics
RT-QuIC
feces
RAMALT
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.959555/full

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