(WRDW/WAGT) - The Georgia Department of Natural Resources ... In fact, the ailment – nicknamed “zombie deer” disease – is like a deer version of mad cow disease. It was first discovered ...

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 ...

Chronic wasting disease — also known as CWD or “zombie deer disease” — spreads through highly infectious prions, deformed proteins that accumulate in the animal's body. Those prions pass ...