CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

Chronic wasting disease, an unstoppable killer of deer, is creeping closer to Columbus. Initially detected at Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County during the 2020 hunting season ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state. The disease was found in a hunter-harvested deer in Lanier County.

Georgia's first positive CWD sample came from a hunter-harvested buck in the south-central part of the state. Photo by Deltaphoto / Adobe Stock Georgia wildlife officials announced Thursday that the ...

CWD was first discovered in Colorado in the late 1960s and is known to infect deer, elk and moose. The illness is caused by a type of protein known as a prion. In healthy deer, prions are used by ...

ATLANTA — A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for Chronic-Wasting Disease (CWD), the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half ...

LANIER COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - Lanier and Berrien Counties are now considered “Chronic Wasting Disease” management areas by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This declaration ...

Though the prevalence remains low, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Ohio has now expanded into Morrow County, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. An adult doe harvested by a hunter on Delaware ...