What You Need to Know About Chronic Wasting Disease with Dr. Krysten Schuler — WildFed Podcast #060

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In this episode:

Dr. Krysten Schuler | Wildlife Disease Ecologist

Podcast discussion:

• Introducing Krysten

• How Krysten got into her field

• A briefing on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

• How resistant are prions?

• How long it takes for symptoms of prion disease to appear in humans

• Hunting response to CWD

• What states have the biggest CWD risk

• The future of deer hunting

• Best processing practices for deer hunters

• Lead vs non-toxic ammunitionHow to change people's minds about lead ammunition

• The future of the hunting landscape

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Episode Resources: 

• Cornell Wildlife Health Lab

• Krysten on Twitter @wildlifeDZeco

• Chronic Wasting Disease

• Kuru

• Stanley B. Prusiner

• Scrapie

• Testimony of Dr. Krysten L. Schuler on CWD Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

• A Remedy for Everything: Getting People Outside with Judy Camuso — WildFed Podcast #057

• Arthur Haines

• WildFed blog post: Get the Lead Out

• CWD Alliance

• Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

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Meet Dr. Krysten Schuler

Dr. Krysten Schuler is a wildlife disease ecologist at the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab and is focused on the health of wildlife populations and associations with human and domestic animal activities and diseases. Dr. Schuler works on conserving free-ranging species for current and future generations use and enjoyment. This involves a multi-disciplinary approach involving risk analysis, field studies, human dimensions, and laboratory experiments.

Website | Twitter @wildlifeDZeco