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Wasting Disease, Chronic
(Chronic Wasting Disease)
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of deer and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (prions).
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 File:Chronic wasting disease commons.wikimedia.org |  File:Chronic wasting disease en.wikipedia.org |  Chronic Wasting Disease www.macalester.edu |  Elk with chronic wasting www.vet.upenn.edu |
 Chronic Wasting Disease lib.colostate.edu |  Chronic Wasting Disease www.cwd.cc |  of chronic wasting disease www.missourinet.com |  Deer with Chronic Wasting www.dnr.sc.gov |
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Wikipedia
Chronic wasting disease, Deer farm, Venison, Retropharyngeal lymph nodes, Amyloid degeneration, Richard Morton (physician), CWD, Here's your mule, The Mule (dance), Bear Wallow, Kentucky
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