Dozens of white-tailed deer taken during the 2024-25 hunting season tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, sometimes ...

Michigan Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a case of chronic wasting disease in a Salem Township deer.

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has expanded the Chronic Wasting Disease Containment Area after detecting CWD ...

West Virginia's containment area for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), or "zombie deer disease," has expanded to another county.

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An incurable infectious brain disease that’s deadly to deer, elk and moose continues to stalk the land. By 2015, it had expanded to 23 states and two ...

Deer hunting is a big deal in many U.S. states ... devastating to animals that are affected by it. They take on a “zombie-like” state and exhibit odd behavior and physical deteriorating ...

There is no cure, and the only way to confirm an animal has it — sometimes called “zombie deer disease” — is through lab testing, which requires a sample from the brain stem or lymph nodes.

CWD prions accumulate throughout the body and affect an animal's nervous system, which is why affected deer are often referred to as "zombie deer." CWD can have an incubation period of at least 16 ...

Chronic Wasting Disease during the 2024-25 hunting season in Ohio, with most infected animals found in Allen, Hardin, Marion, ...