First Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease in a Wild Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) in Europe

J Wildl Dis. 2019 Oct;55(4):970-972. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Abstract

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal contagious prion disease naturally occurring in cervids in North America. In 2016, CWD was detected in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces) in Norway. Here, we report the first known naturally infected wild Norwegian red deer (Cervus elaphus).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / pathology
  • Deer*
  • Female
  • Norway / epidemiology
  • Prions / isolation & purification
  • Wasting Disease, Chronic / epidemiology*
  • Wasting Disease, Chronic / pathology

Substances

  • Prions