Starting next deer season, hunters in south Georgia will have the option to drop off the heads of deer they take to be tested ...
Researchers have identified chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, cooked, and cured meat from an infected elk in Texas ...
CWD is a neurological disease caused by natural proteins called “prions.” It is not caused by a virus, and has no treatment or vaccine. Georgia DNR reports that CWD is in the same family of ...
Chronic wasting disease, an unstoppable killer of deer, is creeping closer to Columbus. Initially detected at Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County during the 2020 hunting season ...
The 2 positive cases are among 31 samples tested, and officials are considering use of antivirals and experimental vaccine.
SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically ...
Georgia's first positive CWD sample came from a hunter-harvested buck in the south-central part of the state. Photo by Deltaphoto / Adobe Stock Georgia wildlife officials announced Thursday that the ...
Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state. The disease was found in a hunter-harvested deer in Lanier County.
Chronic wasting disease substantially reduces survival rates and suppresses population growth of white-tailed deer. And in areas of Wisconsin where CWD prevalence is 30% or higher in adult female ...
A buck harvested in Mecosta County has been identified with chronic wasting disease, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said in a news release, the first positive case found in the ...
An adult cow elk found dead on the Scab Creek feedground in late December tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. This marks the third documented case of the disease in Wyoming’s Elk Hunt Area 98 ...