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

Maryland wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading again—this time into a new part of the state. The ...

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery County, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Chronic ...

With an eye toward reining in Kentucky's deer population in counties where chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a heightened ...

New deer hunting regulations are now in effect in Henderson, Union and Webster counties as part of Kentucky’s expanding effort to monitor and manage Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), following a ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first detected in wild deer in 2015, more than 109,000 deer have been tested for CWD in Michigan. In total, more than 143,000 wild deer have been tested since ...

It attacks the brain. It has a 100 per cent fatality rate. And it has spread all across southern and central Alberta. Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's deer ...

Deer harvested from known CWD areas should never be disposed of in the field. Samples for 2024 are still being processed, according to the DNR. Once completed, analyses will help identify counties ...

As CWD prions accumulate throughout the host’s brain and spinal cord, the widening destruction of tissue and cell function eventually—and always—leads to death. Deer can survive with CWD for ...

A deer may not show any signs of CWD until 18 to 24 months after becoming infected, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Arguably the most obvious sign is drastic weight loss, or “wasting.” ...

New York state has confirmed its first case of 'zombie deer disease,' also called chronic wasting disease, in nearly 20 years, officials announced. The threat to the public is 'low,' they said.