{"id":348483,"date":"2025-10-22T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348483"},"modified":"2025-10-22T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:30:25","slug":"zombie-deer-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zombie-deer-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie Deer Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Health officials in Florida have confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease, commonly known as \u201cZombie Deer Disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>About Zombie Deer Disease<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348485\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-348485\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CDC-1.jpg?resize=246%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CDC-1.jpg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CDC-1.jpg?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CDC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a fatal <strong>neurological illness of cervids<\/strong> caused by <strong>abnormal prion proteins<\/strong> that damage the <strong>brain and nervous system<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other name:<\/strong> It is also known as <strong>Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cause: <\/strong>It is caused by <strong>abnormal prion proteins<\/strong> that <strong>damage the brain and nervous system of <\/strong>infected animals.\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>prion<\/strong> is a <strong>misfolded protein<\/strong> that induces misfolding in normal variants of the same protein, leading to cellular death.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike other infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi, prions do not contain <strong>nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)<\/strong>. Prions are mainly twisted <strong>isoforms<\/strong> of the <strong>major prion protein <\/strong>(PrP), a naturally occurring protein with an uncertain function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong> Infected animals exhibit symptoms like weight loss, stumbling, a lack of coordination, drooling, and aggression.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transmission: <\/strong>Deer, elk, and moose can contract CWD from one another directly or by interaction with prions-contaminated surroundings.\n<ul>\n<li>Infection would likely occur through: food, other consumable products harvested from deer, moose, elk, caribou or reindeer (for example elk antler velvet)<\/li>\n<li>Soil and vegetation can be contaminated by urine, feces, or carcasses.<\/li>\n<li>Prions can remain infectious in the environment for years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human risk: <\/strong>There has been <strong>no known transmission of CWD to humans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment:<\/strong> <strong>No treatment or vaccine exists<\/strong>; researchers are working on better detection, vaccines, and environmental controls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diagnosis: <\/strong>CWD can be confirmed <strong>only by testing specific tissues from an animal after it has died.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Detecting the disease is <strong>unreliable<\/strong> in animals that are younger than 12 months.<\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>no test<\/strong> that can certify food or other animal products as completely free of CWD prions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear gloves when handling ill or dead animals; avoid meat from animals confirmed with CWD.<\/li>\n<li>Use strong on-farm biosecurity to prevent introduction and spread.<\/li>\n<li>Apply surveillance, testing, movement restrictions, and do not allow positive animals into the food chain.<\/li>\n<li>Follow herd certification programs focused on prevention and risk management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Health officials in Florida have confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease, commonly known as \u201cZombie Deer Disease.\u201d About Zombie Deer Disease It is a fatal neurological illness of cervids caused by abnormal prion proteins that damage the brain and nervous system. Other name: It is also known as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Cause: It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zombie-deer-disease\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zombie Deer Disease<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-348483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}