Noun
DFTD (uncountable)
(Australia) Initialism of devil facial tumor disease.
A model has been tested to find out whether culling devils infected with DFTD would assist in the survival of the species, and it has found that culling would not be a suitable strategy to employ. Source: Internet
A selective culling program has taken place to remove individuals affected with DFTD, and has been shown to not slow the rate of disease progression or reduced the amount of animals dying. Source: Internet
Litters born to mothers with DFTD have more female pups than male pups. Source: Internet