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

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

Deer in Georgia are at risk of contracting a neurological disease with a 100 percent mortality rate. One deer in southern Georgia was found to have the infectious pathogen in its system.

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 ...

Lanier and Berrien Counties are now considered “Chronic Wasting Disease” management areas by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This declaration comes after a two-and-a-half-year-old male ...

In the region's other developments, Sierra Leone reported more cases, with the first two linked to the clade 2 global strain.

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

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.

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 ...