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A prion disease of deer and elk that resembles mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalitis). SEE: prion disease.
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Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease found in wild deer and elk herds in portions of northeastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. It is also found in captive deer and elk in five states and one Canadian province. It belongs to a family of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The disease attacks the brains of infected deer and elk, causing the animals to become emaciated, display abnormal behavior, lose bodily functions and die. ...
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