Wasting

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a disease that has been slowly spreading throughout deer and elk populations for the past 36 years. Recently, CWD was spotted in Arkansas where more deer were infected faster than previously expected. Based on this event, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency is preparing to handle CWD whenever it should come. CWD is a very serious disease, but as of now it poses no real threat to humans. CWD is believed to be transmitted by prions. This places CWD in close relation with “Mad Cow Disease” which can be transmitted to humans. However, there is no evidence of CWD infecting humans. The public should continue to maintain caution with infected deer and minimize contact to areas with CWD. (Baley 983). There is a preventative…

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worth living’. Older and elderly women living with HIV/AIDS and their bodies’ process known as the lipodystrophy syndrome However, there’s another medical problem the older or elderly adults with HIV may have is called wasting syndrome. Wasting syndrome causes older or elderly adults with HIV to involuntary lose 10% of their body weight along within a 30 days or more period with either diarrhea or weakness and fever. The older or elderly adults with HIV/AID could also lose muscle…

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), an unusual fatal disease, is classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (Williams and Young 1980). A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy is distinguishable by a cellular protein prion to a protease isoform, which is abnormal and insoluble (Mathiason et al 2006). The disease was first seen in Colorado captive deer in 1967 (Williams and Young 1980). It is exhibited in several ungulates specifically in family Cervidae such as deer, elk (Williams 2005)…

In June, a deer that was captive raised in Lavaca County Texas, tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease otherwise known as CWD. This is a very contagious and fatal disease that is affecting deer, elk, and moose. CWD replicates malformed proteins known as prions that deteriorates the brain, and breaks down nerve cells. CWD kind of resembles Mad Cow Disease and can be transferred from one organism to another by blood, urine, carcasses, saliva, and even plants or soil. Since the finding of CWD…

Skeletal muscle wasting or skeletal muscle atrophy is common symptoms in a variety of chronic diseases such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), muscle denervation, muscle immobility, Diabetes, and cancer. In the cancer cachexia, there is skeletal muscle wasting phenomenon. Skeletal muscle wasting may cause respiratory system dysfunction and reduce the patient’s mobility and quality of life. The prevalence of cancer cachexia is estimated to…

Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently affected by water and water content as in submarine environments and mudslides When the gravitational force acting on a slope exceeds its resisting force, slope failure (mass wasting) occurs. The slope material's strength and cohesion and the amount of internal friction between…

Chronic Wasting Disease: The Silent Assassin Chronic Wasting Disease, also known as (CWD) kills herds of deer by the hundreds. As of right now, it is a guaranteed death for any animal that contracts the disease. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) started monitoring the white tail deer population in the fall of 1999. They came across there first CWD positive deer in November 2001 when they were testing harvested deer. The location where the deer was shot is unknown. (DNR.wi.gov…

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmittable disease found in deer species that is comparable to mad cow disease in the beef and dairy industry. According to the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance, “Chronic wasting disease affects the nervous system and causes brain lesions in the deer. Reindeer that have CWD show few symptoms except for slight body deterioration and odd behavior” (2016). It is still unknown how chronic wasting disease begins or spreads. Currently, it is impossible to…

Today society has a huge impact on food being wasted, majority of the society wastes food on a daily bases, while many activist help to try to conserve the food from being wasted. While the non-activist on the other hand of society is wasting the food products, without thinking of all the effects that goes along with the process. When a single human being is wasting food, the human doesn 't think what the food that is being wasted can be beneficial to another human. It’s time to fix this problem…