[LadyDoc]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) naturally affecting members of the deer family. TSEs are a family of diseases caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as mad cow disease in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, and scrapie in sheep.[2] In the United States, CWD affects mule deer, white-tailed deer, red deer, sika deer, elk, antelope, caribou, and moose.[3] The transmission of CWD to other species such as squirrel monkeys and humanized mice has been observed in experimental settings.[4]

There have been a few cases in the US thought to be from this. And it would be similar to the mad cow disease epidemic in the UK...

[LadyDoc]

the BBC and jama articles say prion disease has been ruled out. But like other diseases such as long covid, or even the outbreak of mad cow disease in the UK, I suspect they are missing something.

and note: It started before Covid and vaccinations for covid.

The pesticide or chemical pollution could be the cause but then why in rural NB and not in other areas

[catnipman]

what you posted is why i refuse to eat wild game ...