Deer don%27t have to look sick%E2%80%94and many do not initially%E2%80%94to be infected with the always-fatal Chronic Wasting Disease. This mule deer buck in Colorado is infected with CWD and doomed to die. It points to two worries%3B first%2C disease experts believe CWD is probably in many places where people don%27t think it is%3B and second%2C hunters could be eating CWD-infected animals without realizing it. Photo courtesy Dr. Mike Miller%2C CWD expert and senior veterinarian with the Colorado State University Diagnostic Lab in Fort Collins
Deer don%27t have to look sick%E2%80%94and many do not initially%E2%80%94to be infected with the always-fatal Chronic Wasting Disease. This mule deer buck in Colorado is infected with CWD and doomed to die. It points to two worries%3B first%2C disease experts believe CWD is probably in many places where people don%27t think it is%3B and second%2C hunters could be eating CWD-infected animals without realizing it. Photo courtesy Dr. Mike Miller%2C CWD expert and senior veterinarian with the Colorado State University Diagnostic Lab in Fort Collins