A farmed white-tail deer from Osceola County was found with CWD.. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reporting a deer in Washtenaw County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting ...

Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's ... Prions are a type of protein found naturally on the surface of cells and are particularly abundant in the brain.

Chronic wasting disease is caused by an infectious prion (or abnormal protein) and spreads primarily by direct contact with ...

More: Franklin County hunting affected by outbreak of another disease The growth of the zone indicates the difficulty of dealing with CWD, a malady caused by a misshaped protein that kills deer by ...

Chronic wasting disease is an always-fatal brain disease in white-tailed deer and similar animals that can spread quickly.

Chronic wasting disease is caused by an infectious prion (or abnormal protein) and spreads primarily by direct contact with infected animals or exposure to contaminated environment. The prion is ...

Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's deer populations ... but rather a bizarre pathogenic agent known as a prion. Prions are a type of protein found naturally on the ...

"Basically, these protein clumps accumulate in the brain ... The prions involved in chronic wasting disease can be shed in saliva, urine or feces, or from animal carcasses, which allows for ...