Feds to study TSE's in elk and deer

[Tim Nunan]

Federal Funds To Study Chronic Wasting Disease To Receive Boost

Following the uproar triggered by the discovery of the first known case of mad cow disease in the United States, researchers and regulators are focusing new attention on a similar disease afflicting hundreds or thousands of "mad" deer and elk that roam freely across large parts of North America.

The Food and Drug Administration will hold a two-day advisory hearing into the whole family diseases that include chronic wasting disease. The amount of National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense research money going to study chronic wasting disease is also quickly rising, officials
said.
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