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Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of deer and elk. To date, this disease has been found only in cervids (members of the deer family).  First recognized as a clinical "wasting" syndrome in 1967 in mule deer in a wildlife research facility in northern Colorado, it was identified as a TSE in 1978.  CWD is typified by chronic weight loss leading to death.  There is no known relationship between CWD and any other TSE of animals or people. · Next Page»
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