First detected in Pennsylvania 13 years ago, a fatal, contagious disease affecting deer and elk has yet to be confirmed in Allegheny County. That could change, and soon, ...

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a devastating illness that impacts cloven-hoofed animals like cows and pigs. It was ...

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

Any farm deer that dies past a year of age must be tested post-mortem for CWD, Newton said, with the disease popping up periodically in captive herds. Most of Pennsylvania’s commercially sold deer ...

USDA Giving States $12M To Fight CWD In Animals, Prevent Spillover To People The funds will be used to increase surveillance and testing for the fatal prion disease that affects cervids such as deer, ...

LDWF schedules public hearings to discuss expanding the CWD Control Area in Louisiana due to rising deer infections.

Chronic wasting disease is an ailment known to be restricted to deer, elk and other members of the deer family. Rather than being linked to germs or viruses, CWD is the result of abnormal proteins ...

More than one-third of species that eat some amount of carrion are threatened or declining, a new analysis finds, and that ...

Scavengers often get a bad rap — hyena giggles are nefarious, crows gather in “murders” and the naked necks of vultures speak for themselves. But the bodies of the dead don’t just disappear.