Additional Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in Imported Deer in Korea

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Un-Kyong MUN¹  Hyun-Joo SHON¹  Kyung-Sun KANG³  Yi-Seok JOO¹  Tae-Yung KIM²  Yong-Soon LEE³ 

[1] National Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service;Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry;Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University

关键词: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD);    horizontal transmission;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.67.753

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(12)Cited-By(19)Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which had previously occurred only in the U.S.A. and Canada, broke out in a farm at Chungbuk, Korea from imported Canadian deer (Aug. 8, 2001). CWD distribution, through surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, was reported for 93 deer (43 from the CWD originating farm and 50 imported with the CWD originating farm's deer) out of 144 deer (72 from the CWD originating farm and 72 imported with the CWD originating farm's deer) that were breeding at 30 different farms. On Oct. 4 and Oct. 8, 2001, additional cases of CWD were investigated. As a result of slaughtering cohabitating deer, it was verified that other imported deer from Canada were also infected with CWD. Since it was thought that this might cause horizontal transmission, 93 deer imported from Canada in 1997 and 130 cohabitating Korean deer were slaughtered and examined. There were no infected Korean deer, but CWD re-occurred on Nov. 20, 2004 and is still under investigation.

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