A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

Dispose of carcasses properly, leaving remains on the property where the deer was harvested, sending them to a landfill, or burying them. Report sick or abnormal deer to a WRD Game Management Office.

CWD was first discovered in 1967 in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current ...

The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Georgia has been confirmed. Find out what it is and if it can affect humans.

SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically ...

For the first time, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a deer found in Georgia. Tina Johannsen, assistant ...

Researchers are warning that chronic wasting disease (CWD) — also known as “zombie deer” disease — could spill over to humans ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer, harvested on private property in Lanier County, tested positive for the fatal disease at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

One of the two infected white-tailed bucks was found near Greenfield in Hennepin County, the other was taken near Hawley in ...