ゾンビ鹿しか病びょう

noun

zombie deer disease; chronic wasting disease

Veterinary term for a prion disease affecting deer and elk, causing severe neurological symptoms. The colloquial name comes from the zombie-like behavior of infected animals.

See also: 慢性消耗病

• ゾンビ鹿しか病びょうは北ほく米べいのシカやヘラジカで広ひろがっている。

  Zombie deer disease is spreading among deer and elk in North America.

• 慢まん性せい消しょう耗もう病びょうはゾンビ鹿しか病びょうとも呼よばれるプリオン病びょうだ。

  Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease also called zombie deer disease.