‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Is A Textbook Case Of An Animal ... But prions aren’t alive. They have no DNA, no metabolism, and no biological “motivation” to infect. They are nothing more ...

But we don’t do anything to stop the disease," he said. Under the bill, deer farmers could get a permit to breed deer for genetic markers that make them more resilient to chronic wasting ...

Chronic wasting disease — an always fatal disease that affects deer, elk and other animals — has been spreading across the country for the past few decades. This year, it was detected for the ...

Chronic wasting disease, an incurable deadly illness that affects deer, has been discovered in captive animals in Acadiana. The disease was first detected in Louisiana in 2022 after it likely ...

An Indiana House bill meant to help deer combat chronic wasting disease calls for genetic testing, opens door for captive releases.

Robert Morris, R-Fort Wayne, would create a pilot program to combat Chronic Wasting Disease by testing deer and looking for certain genetic markers that create a higher resiliency to the fatal ...

Deer Surveillance Area exists to track spread of fatal chronic wasting disease With CWD spreading, the tracking zone is also likely to expand CWD is extremely hard to contain What it’s meant to ...

A new study authored by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department finds hunting greater numbers of male deer can slow the spread of chronic wasting disease. The U.S ...