Probably already is. If they test for they will find it.
This is a pretty good article I got from "Hunterspirit MGO paid member" who is banned from here now. He posted this at OTP yesterday. It makes you go hmmm. Follow the money among other things like the monkey study from Canada.
https://undark.org/article/chronic-wasting-disease-cwd/“There has never been a link between eating venison and CWD,” he says. “The risk is not zero, but it’s pretty close to zero.”
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...ility-macaquesNIH study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques
Researchers screened tissues for prion disease using several tests — including the highly sensitive RT-QuIC assay — and found no clinical, pathological or biochemical evidence suggesting that CWD was transmitted to macaques, according to their paper. RT-QuIC is Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion, developed at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, part of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
A key public health concern is whether people who consume meat or products from CWD-infected animals are susceptible to prion disease. CWD was first identified in 1967 in captive deer held in Colorado wildlife facilities. CWD has been gradually spreading in U.S. wildlife and is now found in 25 states as well as in Canada. The disease also has been found in South Korea, Norway and Finland.