Sensitive, non-invasive detection of chronic wasting disease in wild and captive white-tailed deer using fecal volatile profiling
Amalia Z. Berna, Tzvi Y. Pollock, Yang Liu, Michelle L. Gibison, Amritha Mallikarjun, Joey Logan, Cynthia M. Otto, Audrey R. Odom John
This study detects CWD in deer using fecal VOCs, identifying specific compounds that distinguish infected from uninfected animals in both captive and wild populations.
mSphere · Aug 18, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology