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| chronic wasting disease |
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disease of brain in deer and elk: a highly contagious brain disease in deer and elk that has no early overt symptoms but results in the brain deteriorating and taking on a spongy appearance. It is believed to be caused by an abnormal transmissible protein prion and related to BSE in cattle.
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