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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is rising in Virginia’s deer population, according to the yearly report from the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The 2024 ...

243 cases of Chronic Wasting Disease have been reported in 35 counties ... or hunters. Even with a rise in cases, the numbers overall show that less than 1% of the animals are affected.

Despite the rise in cases, MDC emphasized that the spread of the disease remains relatively slow. In 2024, 160 cases were identified, and out of 36,000 deer tested statewide, only a small percentage ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the second-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state. The disease was found in a four-and-a-half-year-old male deer ...

Six new Iowa counties have been added to the list of places where chronic wasting disease ... anticipated a “significant rise” in positive cases of the disease before hunting season in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KFVS) - Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials say they have detected chronic wasting disease in deer populations Putnam, Marshall, Adams and Peoria counties.

A case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a farmed white-tailed deer in mid-Michigan. The case involved a 7-year-old deer from Osceola County, the Michigan Department of Agriculture ...

Reports of TB date back to around 410–400 B.C.E., when the physician Hippocrates termed the disease phthisis, an archaic word that means a progressive "wasting away," due to the way people with ...

For decades, chronic wasting ... rise to between 15% and 20%, Banulis reported. The deer in Middle Park — where historically herds were “highly productive” and had low disease prevalance ...

For decades, chronic wasting disease has ... also has seen prevalence rise to between 15% and 20%, Banulis reported. The deer in Middle Park — where historically herds were “highly productive” and had ...