The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) registered facilities are required to provide "sufficient space to allow each animal to make normal postural and social adjustments with adequate freedom of movement".

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Patients are diagnosed by four primary symptoms: tremor, rigidity, postural imbalance and the slowing or freezing of voluntary movement.

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