At 10:38 AM 9/27/01 -0700, John Young wrote: >The Department of Agriculture today issued an emergency >announcement about the spread of "chronic wasting disease" >(CWD) among cattle and deer in the American West: > > http://cryptome.org/doa092701.txt > >The disease can be fatal to humans.
I responded to this with notes about CWD from memory. I've since found the article I was thinking of, and put it here for your enjoyment. >From _Science_ 1 Jun 01. http://geocities.com/elkprion/