Chronic wasting disease is slowly spreading through Louisiana deer populations.

Chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease come from a family of fatal diseases and both put in question the future of deer and cattle herds and our relationships to the animals. Here are some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do deer farms increase the risk that wild deer like this buck will contract a contagious and deadly neurological disease? Opinions ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Chronic Wasting Disease is quietly spreading through Louisiana’s deer population, and state officials say it’s no longer just a distant threat. CWD is a fatal brain disease that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state of Florida has stepped up surveillance along the Alabama and Georgia borders after confirmation of two new cases of a ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding deer and elk hunters who bag an animal this fall to have it tested for chronic wasting disease. The disease, which has never been confirmed in ...

WASHINGTON - The agent that causes mad cow disease, scrapie and chronic wasting disease in deer and elk may sometimes be spread through urine, Swiss researchers reported today They found that, under ...

Chronic wasting disease is slowly spreading through Louisiana deer populations. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries) A fatal disease that primarily impacts deer is slowly creeping through ...