Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do deer farms increase the risk that wild deer like this buck will contract a contagious and deadly neurological disease? Opinions ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance in southwestern Nebraska identified 197 positive cases in deer during the November and December hunting seasons. The ...

In early spring 2024, a homeowner in North Spokane found a dead white-tailed deer in their backyard and called the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, or WDFW, to make a seemingly typical ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin DNR reminds hunters of the important role they play in the continued efforts for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance and management in Wisconsin. One of the ...

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal prion disease that continues to spread in cervid populations across the country. The Missouri Department of Conservation is pausing a controversial aspect of its CWD ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Fish and Wildlife confirmed a new case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Ballard County. It is the state’s third wild deer case and the second in ...

A test recently confirmed the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a white-tailed deer in Kentucky. The disease, an ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding deer and elk hunters who bag an animal this fall to have it tested for chronic wasting disease. The disease, which has never been confirmed in ...

We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called prions, these molecules are responsible for conditions such as bovine ...