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

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

Starting next deer season, hunters in south Georgia will have the option to drop off the heads of deer they take to be tested ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirms deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of chronic ...

Starting next deer season, hunters in south Georgia can have their deer tested for a fatal and infectious disease sometimes ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for chronic wasting ...

It’s actual name is Chronic Wasting Disease and is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk, and moose.

Deer in Georgia are at risk of contracting a neurological disease with a 100 percent mortality rate. One deer in southern ...

Georgia confirms its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a white-tailed deer, prompting the DNR to establish a CWD ...

This week, a deer from Lanier County ... there’s no evidence of human infection, like Mad Cow Disease “Since 1967, when we discovered the disease, not a single human being has been infected ...

Georgia DNR reports that CWD is in the same family of diseases as “mad cow disease ... However, other types of deer, including elk and moose, are at risk. The disease can spread between ...

The infected deer, based on its profile ... it can’t be ruled out. Mad cow disease infected and killed a few people who ate prion-tainted beef. No medical treatment exists for stopping a ...