Beaver State Podcast

Beaver State Podcast: Chronic Wasting Disease with Dr. Colin Gillin


Listen Later

Chronic Wasting Disease affects members of the Cervid family such as deer, elk and moose. It is an always fatal, infectious disease caused by a protein called a prion. It is spread by nose-to-nose contact between animals and through urine, feces, blood and saliva. CWD has never been detected in Oregon even through ODFW has tested more than 24,000 deer and elk for the disease over the last 20 years. But CWD has now been detected in Idaho near the Oregon border, and that's a game changer. ODFW's Chief Veterinarian, Colin Gillin walks us through the history of the disease and where stand in the fight against CWD.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Beaver State PodcastBy Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

97 ratings


More shows like Beaver State Podcast

View all
Nature Guys by Nature Guys

Nature Guys

560 Listeners

Ologies with Alie Ward by Alie Ward

Ologies with Alie Ward

24,465 Listeners

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo by Bigfoot and Beyond LLC

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo

1,852 Listeners

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating by Alex Schmidt

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

732 Listeners

Pluribus: The Official Podcast by Apple TV

Pluribus: The Official Podcast

772 Listeners