The role of genetics in chronic wasting disease of North American cervids

SJ Robinson, MD Samuel, KI O'Rourke, CJ Johnson - Prion, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a major concern for the management of North American
cervid populations. This fatal prion disease has led to declines in populations which have …

[HTML][HTML] Cervid prion protein polymorphisms: role in chronic wasting disease pathogenesis

MI Arifin, S Hannaoui, SC Chang, S Thapa… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease found in both free-ranging and farmed
cervids. Susceptibility of these animals to CWD is governed by various exogenous and …

Chronic wasting disease in cervids: Prevalence, impact and management strategies

NA Rivera, AL Brandt, JE Novakofski… - Veterinary Medicine …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that
affects members of the cervidae family. The infectious agent is a misfolded isoform (PrPSC) …

Application of genetics and genomics to wildlife epidemiology

JA Blanchong, SJ Robinson… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife diseases can have significant impacts on wildlife conservation and management.
Many of the pathogens that affect wildlife also have important implications for domestic …

Chronic wasting disease

S Gilch, N Chitoor, Y Taguchi, M Stuart, JE Jewell… - Prion proteins, 2011 - Springer
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of free-ranging and farmed ungulates
(deer, elk, and moose) in North America and South Korea. First described by the late ES …

Chronic wasting disease: an evolving prion disease of cervids

SL Benestad, GC Telling - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a relatively new and burgeoning prion epidemic of deer,
elk, reindeer, and moose, which are members of the cervid family. While the disease was …

Genetic factors in mammalian prion diseases

S Mead, S Lloyd, J Collinge - Annual review of genetics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Mammalian prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative conditions caused by infection
of the central nervous system with proteinaceous agents called prions, including sporadic …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of diagnostic tests for chronic wasting disease, a naturally occurring prion disease of cervids

NJ Haley, JA Richt - Pathogens, 2017 - mdpi.com
Since chronic wasting disease (CWD) was first identified nearly 50 years ago in a captive
mule deer herd in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, it has slowly spread across …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)… - EFSA …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In April and May of 2016, Norway confirmed two cases of chronic wasting disease
(CWD) in a wild reindeer and a wild moose, respectively. In the light of this emerging issue …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating relative CWD susceptibility and disease progression in farmed white-tailed deer with rare PRNP alleles

NJ Haley, K Merrett, A Buros Stein, D Simpson… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease affecting both free-ranging and farmed cervids in
North America and Scandinavia. A range of cervid species have been found to be …