Ten deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 hunting season, ... “It’s not a living material, it’s not a virus, so it can’t be killed, ...

That disease is chronic wasting disease. It’s also often referred to as “zombie deer disease.” The condition is found in a class of animals called cervids, including elk, moose and deer.

Taking care to avoid any glands that might contain traces of chronic wasting disease (CWD)—a 100 percent fatal illness in deer, ... CWD is not created by a typical virus or bacterium.

Here's what hunters and wildlife managers need to know about chronic wasting disease in 2025. Researchers have been hard at work trying to understand CWD transmission and prevention. Here are the ...

Most whitetail deer hunters in Northeastern Pennsylvania have heard of Chronic Wasting Disease and know that it is not good. They know it made its way into Pennsylvania during the 2000s and was und… ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first detected in wild deer in 2015, more than 109,000 deer have been tested for CWD in Michigan. In total, more than 143,000 wild deer have been tested since ...

A startling increase in the prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in southeastern Minnesota’s deer population has triggered a new management response from the Department of Natural ...

CWD is contagious and believed to be spread when an animal comes in contact with an infected animal’s saliva, blood, urine, feces, or carcass. It may also spread through the environment, the CDC ...

Most whitetail deer hunters in Northeastern Pennsylvania have heard of Chronic Wasting Disease and know that it is not good. They know it made its way into Pennsylvania during the 2000s and was und… ...