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Erik O Ågren1, Kaisa Sörén1, Dolores Gavier-Widén1,2
1National Veterinary Institute, 751 89 Uppsala, Sweden.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|April 6, 2021
Abstract:
We report the first detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Sweden, in three old female moose (Alces alces). Prions (PrPCWD) were detected in brain but not in lymph nodes. The findings are similar to previously described CWD cases in old moose in Norway, where a spontaneous origin is hypothesized.
