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What Is Chronic Wasting Disease?Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disease affecting deer, elk and moose. It causes a characteristic spongy degeneration of the brains of infected animals resulting in emaciation, abnormal behavior, loss of bodily functions and death.Example of Effects of Chronic Wasting Disease, Delaware Division of Fish and WildlifeWhat Wildlife Species Are Affected By CWD?Only four species of the deer family are known to be naturally susceptible to CWD: …