chronic wasting disease
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
The term "chronic wasting disease" means the animal disease afflicting deer, elk, and moose populations that—
(A) is a transmissible disease of the nervous system resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain; and
(B) belongs to the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which group includes scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Source
- 2020–present16 U.S.C. § 667hConservation · Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force · in this section
The term "chronic wasting disease" means the animal disease afflicting deer, elk, and moose populations that—
(A) is a transmissible disease of the nervous system resulting in distinctive lesions in the brain; and
(B) belongs to the group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which includes scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Source
- 2022–present16 U.S.C. § 667iConservation · Chronic wasting disease research and management program · in this section