Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a deadly neurological illness affecting white-tailed deer, has been detected for the first time in Adams County, the Illinois Dep ...

Wildlife health officials tested over 5,200 samples for chronic wasting disease in 2024, noting an increase in prevalence ... called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies caused by prions. “There ...

Once they are deposited on the landscape in urine or feces, CWD prions can persist for decades. Years after deer infected with chronic wasting disease were removed from pens, other deer placed on ...

Chronic wasting disease is 100% fatal for deer, elk, moose and caribou and for the first time it's been found in British Columbia. "This has been one of our greatest fears for years. It wasn't a ...