Rise of the Zombie Deer

The disease, more scientifically called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), is spread by pathogenic proteins called prions, which cause the brain cells of an infected animal to fold improperly and clump together — effectively turning the brain into “Swiss cheese”. Well, the best way to avoid it is by not eating deer or elk meat (or moose, if that’s your thing), since cooking temperatures are not nearly high enough to kill prions. In the US, 251 counties in 24 states have reported CWD among wild deer as of January.

Source: thecompost.io