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Brainworm affects neurological and behavioral responses. Deer rarely show any external symptoms of P. tenius infection due to their high acquired resistance. Moose, however, have low resistance, and may show a number of symptoms. Though infrequent, cases of moose recovering from brainworm infection have been reported.
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]
The rates of Loa loa infection are lower but it is still present in Angola, Benin, Chad, and Uganda. The disease was once endemic to the western African countries of Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast and Mali but has since disappeared. [11] Throughout Loa loa-endemic regions, infection rates vary from 9 to 70 percent of the population. [4]
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Moose sickness (also called moose disease, moose circling disease) is a neurological condition seen in the northern mixed-wood forests of central and eastern North America where moose distribution overlaps with that of white-tailed deer. The disease is characterized by an unsteady gait, stumbling, head held to one side, circling, staying in one ...
To prevent infection, the CDC recommends avoiding "unprotected contact" with potentially infected animals and their body fluids, following safe food precautions, and using personal protective ...
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (brainworm or meningeal worm) is a parasitic nematode known to affect the spinal cord and brain tissue of elk and other species, leading to death. [64] The definitive host is the white-tailed deer, in which it normally has no ill effects.