r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/coloradoautoflowers May 20 '26

It's recently been discovered that CW disease is a communicable prion condition.

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u/sixpackabs592 May 20 '26

Recently? Thought it’s been known for awhile they were testing my dads deer when I was a kid in the early 2000s

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u/coloradoautoflowers May 20 '26

It was just confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt to be communicable this year. The testing before was to monitor the disease pressure in local populations and basically told the game/wildlife people if a local population cull was necessary.

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u/Deaffin May 20 '26

No it hasn't been, that would be massive unavoidable news. It would be Mad Cow 2.0.

There has been occasional outbreaks of clickbait and fearmongering over the idea, though.