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New CWD test developed in Hamilton, Montana’s TSE/Prion Biochemistry Section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Labs in Hamilton.has potential for eventual use in the wild

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Scientists have developed a new way to test live animals for chronic wasting disease that holds promise for one day detecting the illness in the wild.

“We need to do more in the form of field testing to verify its utility,” said Byron Caughey, chief of the TSE/Prion Biochemistry Section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Hamilton.

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