Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD is a neurological disease that affects animals such as deer, mule deer, elk, and moose ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, loss of balance and coordination, slurred speech, vision problems and ...

Ending the spread of CWD appears unlikely because the prions, which cluster in the brain and nervous system, can be transmitted in many of ways.

A fatal disease among deer that may cause abnormal behavior including a lack of fear of humans is inching closer to the Columbus area. The Ohio Division of Wildlife ...

After a deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Manitowoc County for the first time ever, Wisconsin ...

CWD earned the nickname “zombie deer disease” for its unsettling associated symptoms. The NCWRC's list of these symptoms includes: Listlessness or showing little interest in their surroundings.

“Roughly, it’s a two-year death sentence for any deer that can get chronic wasting disease,” said Ethan Lula, wildlife biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “Symptoms really not ...

Georgia's first-ever case of the deer disease -- which is 100% fatal -- was reported last week in south Georgia.

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

The deer, in other words ... kills by damaging the brain and nervous system. CWD symptoms described by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources include “emaciation, a wide-based stance ...

Just because a deer (or other cervid) displays any of these signs, it does not mean they have CWD. The symptoms may have other causes, the USGS explains. The only way to confirm a deer or animal ...