Chronic Wasting Disease is an always-fatal brain disease in white-tailed deer and similar animals that can spread quickly across the landscape. An infected deer may not look sick for years. And ...

CWD is an infectious, degenerative disease of cervids, such as deer, moose, and elk, that causes brain cells to die, ultimately leading to the death of the affected animal.

When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania deerhalf a state away, locally the reaction was one of superficial concern. Wishful thinking was that the always ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first detected in wild deer in 2015, more than 109,000 deer have been tested for CWD in Michigan. In total, more than 143,000 wild deer have been tested through ...

Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is always fatal, experts warn. Here’s what hunters need to know.

The most recent case — a red deer from a deer farm in Wayne County — was confirmed by a USDA lab this spring after it was ...

CWD is related to another prion disease in animals that does infect people. The CDC considers CWD a “theoretical risk to people.” Studies in monkeys suggest that they can get CWD by eating ...

Chronic Wasting Disease reported in Burlington area could threaten Henry County herds MT. PLEASANT — Chronic Wasting Disease ...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer has arrived in Washington. The first positive test came from a deer in Spokane County, in Game Management Unit (GMU) 124.

Arizona's Coconino County, near Flagstaff, has reported a pneumonic plague death, its first since 2007. The Arizona resident, ...

The Sunday hunting bill adds deer urine to the list of explicit exceptions to the baiting rule. The purpose of the clause is ...