title: Horizontal Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Reindeer.
abstract: We challenged reindeer by the intracranial route with the agent of chronic wasting disease sourced from white-tailed deer, mule deer, or elk and tested for horizontal transmission to naive reindeer. Reindeer were susceptible to chronic wasting disease regardless of source species. Horizontal transmission occurred through direct contact or indirectly through the environment.
authors.forename: S Jo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kunkle
authors.forename: M Heather West
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Greenlee
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richt
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamir
authors.forename: W Ray
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenlee
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D005838:Genotype; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012053:Reindeer; D034081:Wasting Disease, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D011328:Prions
keywords: brain; cervid; chronic wasting disease; horizontal transmission; prions; reindeer; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy