How to Use chronic wasting disease in a Sentence

chronic wasting disease

noun
  • Most states now have laws and policies to thwart the spread of chronic wasting disease, Labonte said.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There have been no cases of chronic wasting disease in people to date, the CDC says.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
  • Wyoming hunter Meg Stanton had to reread her mule deer’s chronic wasting disease results a couple times.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2024
  • The disease is caused by misfolded proteins, or prions, which are also the cause of a disease in deer known as chronic wasting disease.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In the lineup of wildlife diseases across the country, few are more studied and yet still more mysterious than chronic wasting disease.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
  • More information on chronic wasting disease is available here.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But wolves can be useful on the land, killing deer and elk that have contracted chronic wasting disease (CWD).
    — Ted Williams, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In late-stage chronic wasting disease, deer often appear emaciated and gaunt, Labonte said.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • It's been more than three years since the first case of chronic wasting disease popped up on Robert Williams' ranch in Hunt County.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 5 June 2024
  • Wolves are removing elk, deer, and moose infected with chronic wasting disease — present in 37 states and 3 provinces.
    — Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, chronic wasting disease continues to spread to more states, with the most recent being Indiana.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Labonte said Connecticut has strict policies and protocols in place to ensure chronic wasting disease is not brought into the state’s borders.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Deer infected with chronic wasting disease can take months to show symptoms, as opposed to a couple of weeks with epizootic hemorrhagic disease.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The only way to positively identify chronic wasting disease in deer is through laboratory testing of deer lymph node or brain stem tissue.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Work at the facility includes projects on highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu), white-nose syndrome in bats, and chronic wasting disease in deer and elk.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Unlike the always fatal chronic wasting disease, hemorrhagic disease is survivable for a deer.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Improper deer carcass disposal poses a chronic wasting disease risk to free-roaming cervid populations.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Another important change is related to chronic wasting disease testing.
    — Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
  • In an abundance of caution to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, 12 states prohibit the use of natural deer urine and permit only synthetic scents.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, conserving Wyoming’s fish and wildlife amid all the modern-day threats — things like chronic wasting disease and invasive zebra mussels — is getting more expensive.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2025
  • No chronic wasting disease has been detected in Wisconsin's wild elk, according to the DNR.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • State officials reported the presence of deadly chronic wasting disease in two wild California deer earlier this week.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • The letter also notes that lions help curb the spread among ungulates of chronic wasting disease, a highly contagious prion disease, by removing sick animals.
    — Byhannah Richter, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The infected deer was killed by a hunter in 2021 and sampled at that time for chronic wasting disease, a type of neurodegenerative disorder that affects deer, elk and moose.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Some big questions remain about the disease's transmission across species though, and there have been a few experimental studies that suggest, at least, that chronic wasting disease is transmissible to primates.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • And Itasca County is currently under a deer feeding and attractant ban to minimize exposure to chronic wasting disease.
    — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Indiana documented its first case of chronic wasting disease last April during deer season in LaGrange County.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The state Legislature enacted new regulations mandating stricter fencing standards for deer farms across the state in response to growing concerns over chronic wasting disease.
    — Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Though prion diseases are, in some cases, contagious, a federal study earlier this year concluded that chronic wasting disease, found in deer, elk and moose, is very unlikely to pass to people who eat the meat of sick animals.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024

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