Historical Information
Capability of Mule Deer to Utilize Fibrous Alfalfa Diets - Schoonveld, et al.
Journal of Wildlife Management - 1974 (pdf)
(These feeding trials were conducted at the Foothills Wildlife Research Facility in Fort Collins, Colorado during December 1970 - January 1971. It is during this time period that CWD was first observed in this facility, although it had not yet been identified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. JW) NEW
Starving and Refeeding Mule Deer - DeCalesta, et al.
Journal of Wildlife Management - 1975 (pdf)
(This study was conducted at the Foothills Wildlife Research Facility in early 1972. The study was designed to test how fawns and adult mule deer could withstand lengthy periods of starvation. Out of 13 does and 13 fawns, one doe and four fawns died. JW) NEW
Perceptions of unconventional slow virus diseases of animals in the USA - Visits to Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Sybille Wildlife Research and Conservation Education Unit - G.A.H. Wells
The Inquiry into BSE and variant CJD in the United Kingdom - April-May 1989
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO - Spraker
CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories Lablines Vol 2 #2 - Spring 1998
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE EXPOSURE RISKS FROM COLORADO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Colorado Division of Wildlife - Mammals Research - September 2002 (pdf)