Officials Rule Out Game in ‘Mad Cow’-Like Cases
From Times Wire Reports
Hunters who feasted on their prey at a cabin in northern Wisconsin -- and who later died of brain diseases -- probably did not catch “mad cow” disease from the meat, U.S. health officials said.
Two of the men who died were diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human version of so-called mad cow disease, but it was likely not from eating infected meat, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reported.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease occurs naturally in about 1 in a million people.
More to Read
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
