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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in wild deer, elk and moose in at least 24 US states, warned US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ) over the weekend. avoid handling or eating potentially infected meat.
"Since 2000, the area known to be affected by CWD in free-living animals has grown to at least 24 states, including Midwestern, Southwestern and limited areas of the east coast," the report said. CDC.
At the moment, there is no indication that the disease can spread to humans, but it could affect the central nervous system of animals and make them more aggressive and less frightened by human contact. Once infected, animals can show signs of drastic weight loss, lack of coordination and apathy, the CDC explained.
The CDC has described the disease as "an ever-fatal, rapidly evolving neurodegenerative disorder that is transmitted between animals by body fluids.
It has an incubation period of more than a year, with some animals showing no symptoms for years after being infected, the CDC said. But the disease is always fatal.
The disease was first discovered in captive deer in Colorado, United States, in the 1960s, and found in wild deer in 1981. Cases of this disease have also been reported in Canada, Canada. Norway and Finland.
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