(Daily Mail) – A deadly infection that’s come to be known as ‘zombie deer disease’ is spreading across North America, a new report warns. Formally called chronic wasting disease, the illness attacks the brain, spinal cord, and other tissues in deer, elk, and moose. It eventually leads to death – but, not before causing the animal to dramatically lose weight and coordination, and become aggressive. According to the CDC, the disease
was reported in at least 24 states in the US and two Canadian provinces as of January 2019, up two states since last year. Though warnings over ‘zombie deer disease’ over the past few years have caused many to draw parallels to the mad cow epidemic, there’s so far no evidence that people can be harmed by infected meat. The disease was first spotted in the wild roughly 40 years ago, but has been seen in captive deer as far back as the late 1960s. READ MORE
