A contagious disease that affects deer and other cervids called chronic wasting disease eventually kills every animal that contracts it. The disease has neither treatments or cures. No human cases ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as the “zombie deer disease,” is a contagious and invariably fatal illness that affects cervids, a group of animals that includes deer, elk, caribou ...

Chronic wasting disease is always fatal to deer, elk and moose. There are no treatments or vaccines. Animals spread the prion through feces, saliva, blood and urine directly and through ...

Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as "zombie deer disease," or affected deer can be called "zombie deer" due to the neurological signs of the disease, which include weight loss ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan. CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It causes a degeneration of the brain.

KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — A new case of chronic wasting disease will likely throw a wrench in some people’s hunting plans this year. Signs of the disease are weight loss, brain lesions, and zombie ...

Despite ongoing efforts to curtail its spread in the U.S. and abroad, the lethal chronic wasting disease (CWD) remains a threat — with no vaccine or cure. In 2005, the “zombie deer” disease ...

The sickness some refer to as zombie deer disease actually is chronic wasting disease. It's a 100 percent fatal neurological infection found in members of the cervids family, including deer, elk ...

As of November 2023, there had been cases of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging deer, elk and moose in at least 31 states in the US, as well as three provinces in Canada, according to the CDC.

A new case of chronic wasting disease among deer – a condition known as "zombie deer" - has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported ...

Here's where "zombie deer disease" has been reported so far: Reports of chronic wasting disease in the U.S. and abroad. Chronic wasting disease has been found in animal populations in at least 31 ...