Chronic wasting disease surveillance conducted in eastern Nebraska during the November firearm deer season detected 60 positive cases in deer.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced a CWD-positive deer has been detected in Carbon County. The deer, an adult male, was detected in Packer Township, Carbon County. This detection is the first ...

A dead deer in Carbon County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).The Pennsylvania Game Commission on ...

The Luzerne County detections are 40 miles from the nearest wild CWD detection. They will ultimately result in disease ...

There’s been another dead deer that has tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania, just a few weeks after officials announced finding other ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is a neurological disease caused by a misfolded protein called a prion and is always fatal for deer and elk. It is simiilar to mad cow disease in cattle and Creutzfeldt ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Two dead deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in northeastern Pennsylvania, officials said Friday. The disease was detected in deer, one which is ...

Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the ...

CWD spreads through direct animal-to-animal contact, as well as indirectly through prion-contaminated environments. CWD-infected individuals shed prions through saliva, urine and feces, and ...

An always-fatal neurological disease caused by a misfolded protein called a prion, CWD is a threat to deer and elk. It’s classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) and is ...

CWD is a fatal disease that affects deer, elk, and moose. It is caused by prions, which are infectious proteins. There is no ...