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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 395102" data-attributes="member: 337">Trust &quot;The Science™&quot;Like the causative agents of scrapie and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), the agent responsible for CWD has not been completely characterized. The CWD agent is thought to be an abnormal prion protein. It is smaller than most viral particles and does not evoke a traditional whole body immune response in the host animal, but does cause neuroinflammation. On the basis of experience with other TSE agents, the CWD agent is assumed to be resistant to enzymes and chemicals that normally break down proteins as well as to heat and normal disinfection procedures. <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/nvap/NVAP-Reference-Guide/Control-and-Eradication/Chronic-Wasting-Disease#:~:text=At%20this%20time%2C%20abnormal%20prion,limited%20to%20IHC%20and%20ELISA" target="_blank">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/nvap/NVAP-Reference-Guide/Control-and-Eradication/Chronic-Wasting-Disease#:~:text=At this time, abnormal prion,limited to IHC and ELISA</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 395102, member: 337"] [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Trust "The Science™"[/COLOR][/B] Like the causative agents of scrapie and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), [B]the agent responsible for CWD has not been completely characterized[/B]. The CWD agent is [B]thought to be[/B] an abnormal prion protein. It is smaller than most viral particles and does not evoke a traditional whole body immune response in the host animal, but does cause neuroinflammation. On the basis of experience with other TSE agents, the CWD agent is [B]assumed to be resistant to enzymes and chemicals that normally break down proteins as well as to heat and normal disinfection procedures[/B]. [URL]https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/nvap/NVAP-Reference-Guide/Control-and-Eradication/Chronic-Wasting-Disease#:~:text=At%20this%20time%2C%20abnormal%20prion,limited%20to%20IHC%20and%20ELISA[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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