Ohio hunters have discovered 24 white-tailed deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie disease' ...

Those proteins then clump up in the brain and cause brain damage ... thus earning the nickname of zombie deer disease. Symptoms of prion disease in humans include dementia, difficulty walking ...

Chronic Wasting Disease during the 2024-25 hunting season in Ohio, with most infected animals found in Allen, Hardin, Marion, ...

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An incurable infectious brain disease that’s deadly to deer, elk and moose continues to stalk the land. By 2015, it had expanded to 23 states and two ...

Deer hunting ... They take on a “zombie-like” state and exhibit odd behavior and physical deteriorating, with exposed ribs and an overall sickly appearance. CWD affects the brain with ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has expanded the Chronic Wasting Disease Containment Area after detecting CWD ...

A new case of chronic wasting disease among deer – a condition known as "zombie deer" - has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported ...

Chronic wasting disease — also known as CWD or “zombie deer disease ... spreading the brain disease among deer, elk, moose and caribou. Within 18 months of infection, the animals ...