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PHealthy t1_jay3b9l wrote

It's a long, progressive disease, the usual first visible symptom is weight loss because by that point of brain damage the deer drastically reduces eating and drinking. More subtle symptoms would have likely been around for much longer.

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grindermonk t1_jb0hgel wrote

This is the answer. CWD can be sun-clinical for as long as 3 years. The deer appears perfectly healthy. It’s really at the final stages that the deer becomes skinny and their behaviors change dramatically.

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