How chronic wasting disease spreads. In deer, the disease spreads through contaminated bodily fluids, tissue, drinking water and food, the CDC says. ...

Deer with chronic wasting disease typically have a wide, wobbly stance. They keep their heads down, ears low, and have a very shaggy coat. These deer are prone to excessive thirst, heavy urination ...

Here's where "zombie deer disease" has been reported so far: Reports of chronic wasting disease in the U.S. and abroad. Chronic wasting disease has been found in animal populations in at least 31 ...

Ten deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 hunting season, mainly in Triad counties. What hunters and farmers need to know about the fatal "zombie deer" disease: ...

Maryland DNR has detected chronic wasting disease in a Howard Co. deer for the 1st time. A DNR expert spoke with Patch about ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first discovered in Colorado in 1967, the disease has spread widely across North America. Prior to 2000, just Colorado and Wyoming had known cases in wild deer ...

Like chronic wasting disease, which affects deer, elk and moose, scrapie is a fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. In 1978, ...

The disease was first identified in captive deer in the 1960s and in wild deer in the 1990s and has now been reported in at least 29 states in the continental U.S., according to government data.

Ten deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 hunting season, mainly in Triad counties. What hunters and farmers need to know about the fatal "zombie deer" disease: ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan. CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It causes a degeneration of the brain.

Chronic wasting disease — a major threat to deer populations in several states — isn't a problem in New York yet, and state wildlife officials want to keep it that way.. With the regular gun ...

Chronic wasting disease impacts all ungulates, however, the prominent concern in Colorado has been for its deer populations. Currently, in northwest Colorado, there is only one management area ...