Mitch Lockwood

Oct 9, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Rebeca Benavente |J Reed |Rodrigo Morales |Mitch Lockwood

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease affecting cervids. CWD diagnosis is conducted through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Unfortunately, these techniques have limited sensitivity against the biomarker (CWD-prions).