Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
EDISThis article is intended to summarize for the general public, and particularly hunters, farmed cervid owners, and landowners, what is currently known about chronic wasting disease (CWD) and its impacts, with information about practices to minimize ...
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Cellular distribution of the prion protein in palatine tonsils of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) [PDF]
, 2019 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that affects members of the Cervidae family, including deer (Odocoileus spp.), elk (Cervus Canadensis spp.), and moose (Alces alces spp.).
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Geoadditive Latent Variable Modelling of Child Morbidity and Malnutrition in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2008 Investigating the impact of important risk factors and geographical location on child morbidity and malnutrition is of high relevance for developing countries. Previous research has usually carried out separate regression analyses for certain diseases or
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International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2020 Chaltu Merga,1 Meron Girma,2 Melese Sinaga Teshome2 1Department of Nutrition, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia; 2Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Public Health, Health Institute, Jimma University, Jimma, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Melese ...
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Human Prion Disease and Relative Risk Associated with Chronic Wasting Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 The transmission of the prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to humans raises concern about chronic wasting disease (CWD), a prion disease of deer and elk. In 7 Colorado counties with high CWD prevalence, 75% of state hunting licenses are
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Chronic Wasting Disease Drives Population Decline of White-Tailed Deer. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an invariably fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and moose. Despite a 100% fatality rate, areas of high prevalence, and increasingly expanding geographic endemic areas ...
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Landowner perceptions of and preferences for chronic wasting disease management
Environmental Challenges, 2022 Landowners are critical actors in minimizing the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD), although research focusing on this stakeholder group has been minimal in recent years.
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Human cachexia induces changes in mitochondria, autophagy and apoptosis in the skeletal muscle [PDF]
, 2019 Cachexia is a wasting syndrome characterized by the continuous loss of skeletal muscle mass due to imbalance between protein synthesis and degradation, which is related with poor prognosis and compromised quality of life.
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Targeting the muscle for the treatment and prevention of hepatic encephalopathy [PDF]
, 2016 Muscle mass loss or sarcopenia is a principle component of malnutrition which prevails in 65–90% of patients with end-stage liver disease [1]. Intuitively, the roots of malnutrition play a precipitating role in muscle catabolism.
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A microfluidic biosensor for the diagnosis of chronic wasting disease
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2023 Cervids are affected by a neurologic disease that is always fatal to individuals and has population effects. This disease is called chronic wasting disease (CWD) and is caused by a misfolded prion protein.
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