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.

A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for Chronic-Wasting Disease (CWD), the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old male ...

CWD was first discovered in 1967 in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current ...

Georgia wildlife officials have confirmed the state's first-ever case of CWD in a hunter-harvested whitetail buck.

LAKELAND, Ga. (WSAV) – The first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Georgia was confirmed Wednesday by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The fatal neurological disease ...

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Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirms deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of chronic ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state’s first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a white-tailed deer.

It’s actual name is Chronic Wasting Disease and is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk, and moose.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first case in Georgia.

A deer harvested in Lanier County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). DNR said the case was found in a two-and-a-half-year-old ...

A two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer, harvested on private property in Lanier County, tested positive for the fatal disease at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories.