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Slowing the Spread of Disease

MU’s Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab screens harvested deer for chronic wasting disease.

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Slowing the Spread of Disease

The Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Missouri is helping to improve the testing of deer in Missouri after continued reports of chronic wasting disease. This illness is found in deer populations and affects the neurologic system, commonly causing chronic weight loss. Chronic wasting disease is fatal in all deer it infects, and left unchecked, has the potential to wipe out Missouri’s white tail deer population. Throughout Missouri, testing for the disease is vital and MU’s lab, housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is aiding statewide efforts by providing testing in a timely manner.


“Our partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation to test for chronic wasting disease helps enhance the testing capacity and capabilities in our state,” said Shuping Zhang, director of the laboratory at MU. “It also helps hunters know the results in a timely manner.”


Voluntary chronic wasting disease sampling is available in several Missouri Department of Conservation offices and numerous taxidermists and meat processors throughout the state. A full list of these participating locations can be found on the Missouri Department of Conservation’s website.


“Encouraging hunters to test deer for chronic wasting disease will allow labs like ours to have a positive impact on the health of the state,”


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Contact

MU Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
  573-882-6811
  http://vmdl.missouri.edu/

Location

  901 E Campus Loop, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

More Information

http://cvm.missouri.edu/slowing-the-spread-of-disease/

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