Study looks to determine role of dispersing young deer in spread of CWD

By the age of one, young deer are forced from their home range by their mother, to make room for another fawn to be born. As deer disperse, they may carry with them a disease such as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) to a place where the disease did not previously exist. A newly released study by D. Marie Gilbertson looked closer at that dispersal, who was dispersing, when, and to where.

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• By Beckie [email protected]
• December 8, 2022