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Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. [2]
Also known as chronic wasting disease, "zombie deer disease" is a prion disease, a rare, progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects deer, elk, moose and other animals, the CDC says.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an infectious condition that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose. Animals become infected by contact with the feces, saliva, blood, or urine of infected animals ...
Elizabeth Storm Williams was born November 15, 1951, in Columbia, Missouri, to parents Martha Storm Williams and Walter F. Williams. [2] [3] Her father was a researcher at the University of Maryland, and one of her early jobs was working in his lab. [4]
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a disease rapidly spreading throughout populations of the Cervus family. [75] It first appeared in captive deer in Colorado in 1967 but has made a large impact on wild mule deer populations since then, spreading throughout all of North America. [76]
A graphic shows detections of chronic wasting disease in wild and captive deer in Wisconsin. The data spans late 2001 to early 2023.
CWD may refer to: Biology. Cantabrian Water Dog, Spanish dog breed; Cell wall-deficient bacteria (or L forms) Chronic wasting disease, of deer;
Aug. 1—Washington has its first case of chronic wasting disease. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that it confirmed the state's first case of the always-fatal ...