Definition of "cervid" [cervid]

• Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae. (noun)

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• "Date: August 25, 2007 at 12: 42 pm PST our results raise the possibility that CJD cases classified as VV1 may include cases caused by iatrogenic transmission of sCJD-MM1 prions or food-borne infection by type 1 prions from animals, e.g., chronic wasting disease prions in cervid."
• "CWD is a TSE/prion disease present in wild and domestic cervid populations of North America."
• "The existence of cervid prion protein variants raises the likelihood of distinct CWD strains."