Deer, elk, and moose infected with chronic wasting disease can spread the fatal brain illness to other animals long before they show any outward sign of sickness. Infected cervids shed misfolded ...

A prion sickness similar to mad cow is spreading rapidly through North America’s deer and elk populations. A veterinary microbiologist discusses the options for keeping it in check. By James Gaines / ...

Photo Credit: iStock Researchers report that chronic wasting disease, or CWD, can leave behind transmissible prions even in ...

Wildlife experts have developed a regional computer model—and user-friendly app—that predicts counties in 16 states where wildlife managers should target their surveillance of chronic wasting disease ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Since 2013, chronic wasting disease has been detected in more than 500 deer across 31 Iowa counties. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has launched an ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Hunters helped conservationists sample thousands of deer for chronic wasting disease during opening weekend in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation says that ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is considered the most important disease affecting deer and elk populations in North America. And it has been detected in California for the first time. Brandon Munk is a ...

A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from cervids -- deer, elk ...

Chronic wasting disease is spreading further east, leading Tennessee wildlife officials to discuss potential changes for deer management in the Volunteer State. Humphreys County has joined a growing ...

New research suggests infectious prions linked to chronic wasting disease may be present even in animals showing no symptoms. The findings raise difficult questions for deer management, hunting ...