Chronic wasting disease, mule deer

Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population. Can it be stopped?
Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the chances of it spreading to more vulnerable caribou populations — or, worse, humans.
Sixty positive Chronic Wasting Disease cases detected in eastern Nebraska deer
Sixty positive cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer were detected during surveillance conducted in eastern Nebraska during the November firearm deer season, Nebraska Game and Parks states.
AGFC: Chronic Wasting Disease detected in Cleburne and Baxter counties
Two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Chronic Wasting Disease found in whitetail deer in 2 North Arkansas counties
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission recently confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both deer were harvested during the 2024-25 deer hunting season. They join samples from Conway and Stone counties that were confirmed CWD-positive earlier in the season.
Granite County deer tests negative for chronic wasting disease
Tests have found a deer acting strangely in the Philpsburg area in January did not have chronic wasting disease.
60 deer harvested in Nebraska test positive for chronic wasting disease
Samples taken from deer in Nebraska last year found an increase in cases of chronic wasting disease, but Game and Parks' sample size was also much larger than in 2023.
Fifth case of Chronic Wasting Disease confirmed in B.C.
Provincial wildlife biologist Holger Bohm and biosecurity expert Jessica Russel will present options to mitigate the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease, a fatal illness affecting deer, elk, and moose.
B.C. collecting chronic wasting disease samples with deer cull in Cranbrook, Kimberley
In years past, deer culls initiated by the City of Cranbrook were conducted through the use of clover traps and bolt guns, which generated controversy as traps were vandalized and SD memory cards were stolen out of widlife camers placed to monitor clover traps.
AGFC confirm chronic wasting disease detected in deer from Baxter, Cleburne counties
The AGFC confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and one in Baxter County tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 deer hunting season.
Billings Gazette16h
2 more elk die of disease on Wyoming winter feedgrounds
The first elk was found dead in January, followed by the second in early February. Both elk were discovered at the Dell Creek ...
Alberta Farmer1d
Chronic wasting disease spillover risk deserves more attention: report
U.S. researchers say it’s time to look beyond deer when watching for chronic wasting disease exposure and infection, ...
Urban deer a target as B.C. government, cities try to curb wasting disease
B.C. government says the risk of spreading wasting disease is higher in urban deer because of population density ...