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Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and scrapie in sheep. [2]
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease ( EHD) is a hemorrhagic disease of white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus) caused by an infection of a virus from the genus Orbivirus subsequently called Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). [ 1][ 2] It is an infectious, and sometimes fatal, virus that is characterized by extensive hemorrhages, and is ...
Deer cutaneous fibroma. Cutaneous fibromas (also known as deer warts[ 1]) are common neoplasms occurring in wild and domestic deer of many species and are caused by host-specific viral infections. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The fibromas occur most frequently in animals under 2 years of age, with cases in older deer reported occasionally or rarely. [ 2] Deer ...
Description. The chital is a moderately sized deer. Males reach up to 90–100 cm (35–39 in) and females 65–75 cm (26–30 in) at the shoulder; the head-and-body length is around 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in). While immature males weigh 30–75 kg (66–165 lb), the lighter females weigh 25–45 kg (55–99 lb).
Humans have infected wild deer with COVID-19 in a handful of states, and there’s evidence that the coronavirus has been spreading among deer. 'Very unsettling': Scientists see troubling signs in ...
Female inhalant users who are pregnant may have adverse effects on the fetus, and the baby may be smaller when it is born and may need additional health care (similar to those seen with alcohol – fetal alcohol syndrome). There is some evidence of birth defects and disabilities in babies born to women who sniffed solvents such as gasoline.
female reindeer with antlers. It's always easy to tell bucks from does in many of the deer species, because bucks (male deer) have antlers and does (female deer) don't.
Reeves's muntjac grows to 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) high at the shoulder [ 5] and 0.95 m (3 ft 1 in) in length, plus a short tail up to 4 in (10 cm) long. It weighs between 10 and 18 kg (22 and 40 lb) when fully grown. It is reddish-brown in appearance with striped markings on its face. [ 5] The belly is creamy-white, with lighter fur extending to the ...