Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research
Environmental Sources of Prion Transmission in Mule Deer
Michael W. Miller*
, Elizabeth S. Williams†, N. Thompson Hobbs‡, and Lisa L. Wolfe*
, Elizabeth S. Williams†, N. Thompson Hobbs‡, and Lisa L. Wolfe*Table
Chronic wasting disease arising in mule deer exposed to environments contaminated by residual excreta, carcasses, or other infected deera
| Exposure source |
Unexposed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Replicate | Infected deer | Infected carcass | Residual excreta | |
| 1 |
1/4b |
0/3 |
1/3 |
0/2 |
| 2 |
0/2 |
2/4 |
0/3 |
0/2 |
| 3 |
1/4 |
1/5 |
0/3 |
NAc |
| Total | 2/10 | 3/12 | 1/9 | 0/4 |
aIncidence (number infected/number at risk).
bNumber positive/number exposed (not including infected source deer).
cNot applicable; controls included only two replicate paddocks.
