The first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Georgia was confirmed Wednesday by the Georgia Department of ...

Georgia confirms its first Chronic-Wasting Disease case in a deer. DNR sets up a management area and sampling plan to control ...

A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first ...

Though the prevalence remains low, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Ohio has now expanded into Morrow County, according to ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirms deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of chronic ...

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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first case in Georgia.

Georgia wildlife officials have confirmed the state's first-ever case of CWD in a hunter-harvested whitetail buck.

CWD was first discovered in 1967 in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer, harvested on private property in Lanier County, tested positive for the fatal disease at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories.

It’s actual name is Chronic Wasting Disease and is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk, and moose.