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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]
Found in deer in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming in the 1990s, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been recorded in free-ranging deer, elk and moose in at least 32 states across all parts of ...
A deadly disease that has ravaged deer in other parts of North America was found for the first time in California this week. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, chronic wasting ...
Scientists have warned a “zombie deer disease” could spread to humans after hundreds of animals were infected with the illness in the US over the last year.. Chronic wasting disease (CWD ...
Chronic wasting disease continues to spread in white-tailed deer in Wisconsin and other states, highlighted by two findings this month. On April 11 the Department of Natural Resources confirmed ...
Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk and moose. It is caused by a infectious, malformed prion, or protein, that affects the animal's brain.
Feb. 9—Chronic wasting disease is continuing its slow march around the continent. ... High prevalence rates could cause problems in deer or elk populations by reducing the number of animals that ...
(The Center Square) – The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a Georgia deer has state officials on alert, but they say the deer hunting industry will continue to thrive in the state. The ...