EDMONTON The continuing spread of a fatal wildlife disease in Alberta and Saskatchewan has a federal agency recommending a deer cull across a wide swath of the Prairies. And soon-to-be-published research on chronic wasting disease has raised new fears about whether the illness could infect humans. “I would say this question was answered with yes,” said Hermann Schaetzl, a veterinary scientist at the University of Calgary. Schaetzl s work was discussed in a recent report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, which advises the federal government on agriculture policy. Earlier this month, the institute concluded that in addition to human health concerns, the disease s spread over the last decade threatens Western Canada s agriculture, wildlife and food security.
Chronic wasting disease threatens deer, elk — and maybe humans, new research says
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Des éleveurs de lapins sonnent l alerte au sujet d un virus mortel en Alberta
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