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Does the fact that ive ate meat from hunted deer in the past put me at risk of developing a prion disease in the future?
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No evidence: Prion disease is extremely rare to begin with. No case from hunted animals has ever been documented. And there are a lot of hunters out there bagging deer and other wild animals. Don't lose any sleep over this one.
Answered 3/25/2016
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