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Title:   Author  item
                                            LEHMKUHL, AARON - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)item
                                            THOMSEN, BRUCE - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)item
                                            Greenlee, Justinitem
                                            BALACHANDRAN, ARU - Canadian Food Inspection Agencyitem
                                            O'Rourke, Katherineitem
                                            HALL, S. MARK - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/10/2013
                                    Publication  Date: 5/26/2013
                                    Citation: Lehmkuhl, A.L., Thomsen, B.V., Greenlee, J.J., Balachandran, A., O'Rourke, K., Hall, S. 2013. Characterization of the first case of naturally occurring chronic wasting disease in a captive red deer (Cervus elaphus) in North America. Prion 2013. AD-12-Prion (2013).7:22.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting cervids that is caused by the accumulation of an abnormal prion protein. CWD has been diagnosed in captive and free-ranging elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and moose (Alces alces) in North America. This report describes the identification and characterization of the first case of CWD in a naturally infected, captive red deer in North America (Cervus elaphus).


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