CWD plays by a unique set of disease rules and does not spread by the common modes of infection (bacteria or virus), but is transmitted by a corrupted prion, essentially a misfolded protein.

CWD is a neurodegenerative disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the family Cervidae. It is caused by a prion, an infectious, misfolded protein particle, and is 100% fatal in affected ...

Chronic wasting disease is a resilient prion — an infectious protein — which attacks deer brains, eventually leading to a loss of motor functions and death. It is similar to but not the same ...

What’s widely known as “zombie deer disease” is gradually increasing in the Beehive State. The official name is Chronic ...

“The bottom line: Let Mother Nature’s passive plan of natural selection already in progress control CWD,” protein biochemistry scientist Anthony C. Grabski wrote in 2014 in the Milwaukee ...

Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of Chronic Wasting Disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is expanding the Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area in northeast central ...