"Limiting the spread and impact of CWD on Michigan's farmed cervid herds hinges on the ability to detect the disease early and respond promptly," state veterinarian Dr. Nora Wineland said in a ...

Wildlife managers are plotting an initial response to the disease outbreak as more confirmed and suspected cases are discovered at the state-run Dell Creek Feedground.

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 ...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) continue to impact Iowa’s deer population, prompting ...

CWD is atransmissible spongiform encephalopathy and is similar to scrapie in sheep, mad cowdisease in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Little by little, however, CWD moved closer ...

The goal of the proposed project is to selectively breed deer with genetic markers that appear to provide more resiliency to CWD, effectively letting deer with infected with the disease live longer.