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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal, degenerative disease of the brain of free ranging or farmed ungulates (elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer). CWD belongs to a group of related diseases called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), which include Scrapie in sheep and goats, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans.
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May 1, 2017
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Date Created
2001-01-01
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2016-01-05T18:47:41.474980
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2017-05-01
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2001-01-01
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663-43
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7434592
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Agriculture and Forestry