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Chronic wasting disease risk assessment in Portugal: analysis of variability and genetic structure of the Portuguese roe deer population
Among the Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathies, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in
cervids is now the rising concern in wildlife within
Europe after the first case detected in Norway in
2016. CWD shows a notable horizontal transmission,
affecting both free-ranging and captive cervids.
Furthermore, several genetic variants in the Prion
Protein (PRNP) gene coding sequence of the cervid
were identified, which increase the susceptibility to
the disease.This work was supported by the project
WastingPrionRisk [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029,947/
PTDC/CVT-CVT/29947/2017] funded by the
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
(FCT). FCT PhD grant [SFRH/BD/146961/2019]
financed by FCT through FSE (Fundo Social
Europeu). This work was also supported by national
funds [UIDB/CVT/00772/2020], [LA/P/0059/2020] and
[UIDB/04033/2020] by FCT.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio