Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by misfolded proteins called prions. These defective prions damage brain and nervous system tissue, eventually causing the animal to die.

What is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)? Neurological disease affecting deer, elk, & moose. Caused by infectious, misshapen prion protein. 18-30 months incubation period. 100% of infected deer die. The incubation period is so long that most deer with CWD die of other causes or are killed by hunters before becoming symptomatic.

Jan 23, 2025 · Georgia wildlife officials announced Thursday that the state has confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease. The positive sample was taken from a hunter-harvested whitetail buck that was killed on private property in Lanier County, according to a public press release from the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has confirmed through the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories that a hunter-harvested deer sampled for routine surveillance in Lanier County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

Tina Johannsen with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) — sometimes referred to as "Zombie deer disease" — was first reported in the 1960's in Colorado.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state. The disease was found in a hunter-harvested deer in Lanier County ...

Jan 24, 2025 · A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first time, state wildlife officials announced Thursday. The Georgia case was ...

Jan 24, 2025 · A hunter-harvested white-tailed deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Lanier County, Georgia, marking the state's first detection of the fatal neurodegenerative disease. The 2.5-year-old buck was found on private land and sampled as part of routine surveillance, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' (DNR's ...

4 days ago · ATLANTA — Georgia wildlife officials on Monday presented their strategy for mitigating the so-called "zombie deer" disease known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), following the first-ever ...

Jan 24, 2025 · For the first time, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a deer found in Georgia. Tina Johannsen, assistant chief of game management for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said the disease was found on a property on the Berrien-Lanier county line in South Georgia in a deer that was harvested on November 30, 2024.