CWD, though not so deadly at this point as EHD in terms of numbers, seems more ominous.

BILLINGS – Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic wasting disease, the always fatal illness that infects deer, elk and ...

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The study focused on pregnant, free-ranging whitetails that were harvested from the southeastern U.S. Experts studying chronic wasting disease in free-ranging and captive deer populations have ...

Chronic wasting disease — an always fatal disease that affects deer, elk and other animals — has been spreading across the country for the past few decades. This year, it was detected for the first ...

It is the 18th county in the state to detect the fatal neurodegenerative disease. The other affected counties are Allegan, Clinton, Dickinson, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) set new restrictions on hunting for the fall season in response to the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease throughout the Inland ...

If successful in the state Senate, the bill would overturn a 2018 baiting ban intended to prevent the spread of chronic ...

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 ...

Billions of sea stars — victims of a deadly wasting illness — have perished over the last decade, imperiling marine ecosystems and spurring a global hunt for a biological or environmental culprit.