ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease ...

At low disease prevalence, there still is herd growth potential, but as CWD prevalence increases population growth decreases.

CWD is a neurological disease, similar to mad cow disease, that attacks the brain of an infected deer, causing the animal to ...

Wildlife Resources Division has confirmed the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Georgia, detected in a hunter-harvested deer in Lanier County. With the DNR’s CWD Response Plan now in ...

The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Georgia has been confirmed. Find out what it is and if it can affect humans.

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 ...