Prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and
ruminant species consumed by humans. Ruminant prion diseases include bovine …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that
affects members of the cervidae family. The infectious agent is a misfolded isoform (PrPSC) …

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prions, are neurodegenerative
diseases that affect a variety of animal species, including humans. Cruetzfeldt–Jakob …

Managing and controlling the spread of diseases in wild animal populations is challenging,
especially for social and mobile species. Effective management benefits from information …

Environmental reservoirs are important to infectious disease transmission and persistence,
but empirical analyses are relatively few. The natural environment is a reservoir for prions …

Prion disease has displayed large infection host ranges among several species; however,
dogs have not been reported to be infected and are considered prion disease-resistant …

In northern Illinois, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was first identified in free‐ranging white‐
tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus; hereafter referred to as “deer”) in 2002. To reduce CWD …

Prion diseases have a wide host range, but prion-infected cases have never been reported
in horses. Genetic polymorphisms that can directly impact the structural stability of horse …

Abnormal structural changes of the prion protein (PrP) are the cause of prion disease in a
wide range of mammals. However, spontaneous infected cases have not been reported in …

Genetic variability in the prion protein (Prnp) gene influences host susceptibility to many
pathogenic prion diseases. Understanding the distribution of susceptible Prnp variants and …