How This ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Turns Deer Into Walking Corpses—And Why There’s No Cure
Chronic wasting disease slowly turns the brains of infected deer (and other cervids) into spongy, deteriorating masses, triggering bizarre behavior and, inevitably, a fatal outcome.
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Dead deer tests positive for CWD in Pennsylvania, here’s where
A dead deer has tested positive for the the always-fatal chronic wasting disease in northeastern Pennsylvania. According to ...
Outdoors: Chronic Wasting Disease isn’t coming – it’s here
When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania deerhalf a state away, locally the reaction was one of superficial concern. Wishful thinking was that the always-fatal ...
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Three additional CWD positive deer found in captive pens
is alerting the public of three additional chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive captive deer in pens permitted by the ...
Deadly deer disease detected in Carbon County buck, public meeting planned
Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a deer in Carbon County for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission ...
Indiana bill takes aim at chronic wasting disease, but critics fear plan will hurt wild deer
An Indiana House bill meant to help deer combat chronic wasting disease calls for genetic testing, opens door for captive releases.
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B.C. launching East Kootenay deer cull to collect chronic wasting disease samples
In years past, deer culls initiated by the City of Cranbrook were conducted through the use of clover traps and bolt guns, ...
AGFC confirm chronic wasting disease detected in deer from Baxter, Cleburne counties
The AGFC confirmed that two deer in Cleburne County and one in Baxter County tested positive for chronic wasting disease ...
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Deer with chronic wasting disease found in St. Landry Parish, 2 other Louisiana parishes
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — Three more deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Louisiana, one of them in St. Landry Parish, officials said. In addition to the recent detections ...
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More deer test positive for CWD in Region 8
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission confirmed Wednesday that two deer in Cleburne County and another deer in Baxter County tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
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Chronic wasting disease has exploded through Alberta's deer population. Can it be stopped?
And it has spread all across southern and central Alberta. Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's deer populations, showing up in a small percentage of animals in a ...
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Outdoors: Chronic Wasting Disease isn’t coming – it’s here
Wishful thinking was that the always-fatal neurological disease caused by a misfoldedprotein called prions in deer and elk would somehow contain itself. CWD is atransmissible spongiform ...