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 ...

What is CWD? CWD is a fatal brain disease of whitetailed deer, mule deer, caribou, moose, and elk. It is similar to mad cow disease which occurs in cattle. CWD has been found in free-ranging deer ...

The CWD-positive deer was a 5 ½-year-old doe at Afton Bottoms Ranch in Afton, according to DATCP. The agency said the deer farm has approximately 56 deer on 148 acres.

MADISON, Wis. -- A deer at a Rock County deer farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said Thursday.

An always-fatal disease did show up in deer in North Idaho last fall, but wildlife officials are feeling confident that the disease isn’t widespread.

CWD is a fatal, neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose, caused by an infectious protein that affects the animal’s brain called a prion. Menominee Tribal PD arrests 3 following ‘drug ...