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Preferred term

Wasting Disease, Chronic  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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).

Entry terms

  • Chronic Wasting Disease

In other languages

  • French

  • Cachexie chronique
  • Cachexie chronique des cerfs et des wapitis
  • CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease)
  • Maladie débilitante chronique
  • Maladie débilitante chronique des cervidés
  • Maladie du dépérissement chronique des cervidés
  • MDC (Maladie Débilitante Chronique)
  • Syndrome de dégénérescence chronique des cervidés

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N010XH04-H

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