| Title: |
Scrapie versus Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer. |
| Authors: |
Lambert, Zoe J.1,2,3, Jifeng Bian2, Cassmann, Eric D.2, Greenlee, M. Heather West3, Greenlee, Justin J.3 justin.greenlee@usda.gov |
| Source: |
Emerging Infectious Diseases. Aug2024, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p1651-1659. 9p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*CHRONIC wasting disease, *WHITE-tailed deer, *SCRAPIE |
| Abstract: |
White-tailed deer are susceptible to scrapie (WTD scrapie) after oronasal inoculation with the classical scrapie agent from sheep. Deer affected by WTD scrapie are difficult to differentiate from deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD). To assess the transmissibility of the WTD scrapie agent and tissue phenotypes when further passaged in white-tailed deer, we oronasally inoculated wild-type white-tailed deer with WTD scrapie agent. We found that WTD scrapie and CWD agents were generally similar, although some differences were noted. The greatest differences were seen in bioassays of cervidized mice that exhibited significantly longer survival periods when inoculated with WTD scrapie agent than those inoculated with CWD agent. Our findings establish that white-tailed deer are susceptible to WTD scrapie and that the presence of WTD scrapie agent in the lymphoreticular system suggests the handling of suspected cases should be consistent with current CWD guidelines because environmental shedding may occur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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