He qualified his remarks by noting that many important aspects of CWD are still not understood or just barely understood, so few definitive answers about the disease can be given. CWD exists in the wild in southeastern Wyoming, northeastern Colorado and the extreme west of Nebraska. It was first spotted in animals in a Colorado research facility, and then in the Wyoming research farm. Wild cases were only found later, but researchers believe the disease was probably brought into the facilities by infected deer. Only half the deer population would remain.
Affected animals become listless, lose significant weight, and eventually die in a wasted state.
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