Chronic wasting disease outbreak threatens wildlife in Arizona
View Comments The glassy eyes appear to stare out as the skull sways back and forth on the operating table. Time in the freezer has suppressed the smell. A smear of blood and brain fluid leads to the hands of Jon Heale, who stabilizes the decapitated head before severing what he’s searching for: the lymph nodes. He marks the deer head for disposal and seals the extracts for testing. He wants to know if the animal was carrying chronic wasting disease, a contagious brain infection that is fatal and can ravage wild herds of deer and elk. Heale is a wildlife health biologist for the Arizon...
Source: azcentral.com