Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from ...

CWD affects many different species of animals, including North American elk or Wapiti, red deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer ...

Wisconsin DNR Deer Heard Specialists say hunting is one of the biggest things that can help slow the spread of CWD. That's ...

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and reindeer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It has been found in the United States ...

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Manitowoc County Deer Advisory Council are co-hosting a public meeting at 6 ...

CWD is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease of deer, moose, elk, and reindeer/caribou. It belongs to the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs ...

Local scientists are closely monitoring the disease as it has affected hundreds of animals, primarily deer, elk, reindeer, and mule deer. Chronic wasting disease is caused by prions' abnormal ...

The condition affects members of the deer family, such as white-tailed deer, mule, deer, elk, moose, and reindeer. While there's currently no confirmed evidence CWD can infect humans, Dr Bruno ...

CWD is a fatal prion disease affecting deer, moose, elk, and reindeer/caribou. The DNR began monitoring for CWD in Wisconsin in 1999, with the first positive cases identified in 2002. State law ...

The purpose of this study was to determine how CWD impacts deer populations. This involved estimating deer survival rates and how they were influenced by CWD. Fieldwork for this project took place ...

CWD is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease of deer, moose, elk and reindeer/caribou. It belongs to the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases.