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Chronic wasting disease is in Oklahoma; OSU Extension tells you what you need to know

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, neurodegenerative prion disease. Prions are misfolded proteins that lack DNA or RNA. CWD affects cervids such as white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk.
Cows and their newborn calves graze a field at the south range at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala/OSU Agriculture)

 

 

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