不列颠哥伦比亚省对已知爆发区以外的鹿可能患慢性消瘦疾病进行调查。 British Columbia investigates possible chronic wasting disease in a deer outside known outbreak zone.

不列颠哥伦比亚正在调查奥卡纳甘地区恩德尔比附近的白尾鹿可能患慢性消瘦病的案件,这可能是在科特奈斯省已知受影响地区以外首次发现的。 British Columbia is investigating a possible case of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer near Enderby in the Okanagan region, which could mark the first detection outside the province’s known affected area in the Kootenays. 猎鹿采集的初步试验结果促使加拿大食品检查署进一步分析,预计12月初得出结果。 Initial test results from a hunter-harvested deer have prompted further analysis by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, with results expected by early December. 这种疾病对鹿、鹿、驼鹿和驯鹿来说是致命的,是由非正常的蛋白引起的,没有确诊的人类病例,但卫生官员警告说,不得食用感染动物的肉。 The disease, which is fatal to deer, elk, moose, and caribou and caused by abnormal prion proteins, has no confirmed human cases, but health officials warn against eating meat from infected animals. B. C. 公元前 B.C. 此前报告了6个病例,都发生在Kootenay地区,那里有强制性测试和运输规则。 has previously reported six cases, all in the Kootenay region, where mandatory testing and transport rules are in place. 官方正敦促该区外的猎人提交样本以监测该疾病的蔓延。 Officials are urging hunters outside the zone to submit samples to monitor the disease’s spread.