- Chronic wasting disease, which affects deer, moose and elk, is always fatal.
- Neurological and likened to mad-cow disease, it is contagious via saliva, urine and feces.
- It's carried by prions, misshaped cellular protein that can live in soil for years once shed.
- There is no evidence it affects humans.
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