Entries Tagged Chronic Wasting Disease

A second deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Mississippi less than 50 miles from a neighboring state.

Before there was a clear understanding of how CWD prions could and could not be transmitted by the environment, there was always the question of when an infected area was free of the disease.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host special public meetings concerning chronic wasting disease in Fort Smith and Springdale.

A whitetail collected on Jan. 25, 2018, in Issaquena County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. To date, CWD has been confirmed in 24 states, three Canadian provinces and two foreign countries.

Chronic wasting disease continues to spread, and the first case of CWD in Montana might be confirmed soon.

Mississippi is fighting chronic wasting disease by trying to keep it out. The Magnolia State now wants certain deer carcasses left elsewhere.

Is Chronic Waste Disease running rampant in Missouri? It could be after deer killed in 29 counties over opening weekend tested positive.

The National Deer Alliance has constructed a working group of numerous professions to review the USDA Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Program.

Whitetails near San Antonio recently had its number of confirmed chronic wasting disease cases double. How are officials fighting the recent spike?

More than 9 percent of white-tailed deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease last year, and game officials are worried the affliction will be difficult to stop.

With each passing year, deer are in danger of Chronic Wasting Disease. Even with constant research, news doesn't seem to be getting better.

Deer infected with chronic wasting disease usually die alone and out of sight, but in some cases they seek shelter in unusual places.

In deer, elk and moose, Chronic Wasting Disease deteriorates the brain and causes a loss of body condition and weight loss, as well as excessive drooling and behavior similar to Alzheimer's.

CWD is killing more deer every year, and research money is drying up. Is there a way to stop chronic wasting disease from damaging deer hunting as we know it?