Researchers will be stepping up their efforts to track chronic wasting disease in Saskatchewan's north.
Chronic wasting disease long thought not to affect human health.
CWD was first recorded in Saskatchewan in 1996 on a game farm, but has since moved into the wild deer, elk and moose populations, with wildfire-like infection rates in some areas. Up to 70 per cent of male deer are infected with the fatal disease, says a wildlife health specialist.
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