Dr. Krysten Schuler: Chronic wasting disease
Dr. Krysten Schuler, from Cornell University, will be available for interviews on Tuesday, October 10, from 2-3:30 p.m. ET.
What are Experts on Camera?
Interview opportunity available:
Tuesday, October 10, 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET
Chronic wasting disease is a degenerative, contagious, always-fatal brain disease affecting deer and related animals that has spread across much of the United States.
Available expert:
Dr. Krysten Schuler is a wildlife disease ecologist at Cornell University. She can discuss topics including:
- How the disease sickens and kills infected deer;
- How an outbreak can affect a regional deer population;
- Where the disease has been detected in the United States;
- Whether it poses a threat to human health; and
- What hunters and people who eat deer meat should know about chronic wasting disease.
Declared interests:
Dr. Schuler was previously with the U.S. Geological Survey at the National Wildlife Health Center. She currently volunteers as a science advisor for the National Deer Association and the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
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