They claimed to have found two cases of a rare but fatal prion disease in hunters that could have plausibly been caused by them eating contaminated deer meat—a frightening reminder of the mad ...

Since then, there’s been 73 total deer that have tested positive for the illness that’s closely related to Mad Cow Disease. The disease degrades brain tissue, causes abnormal behavior and ...

As infected deer roam further and wider ... In the 1980s and 1990s, the United Kingdom witnessed mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE) jump to humans through contaminated ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is a prion disease, just like Mad Cow Disease and CJD, but this time it’s affecting deer in the wild. New rules were brought in to prevent cow parts from infected herds ...

Zombie Deer Disease is caused by prions ... This has led scientists to fear that, much like mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE), CWD could eventually cross the species ...

In Wyoming, 14% of all deer and elk tested last year were positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Wyoming Game and ...

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – A disease that is fatal to deer and gives them zombie-like qualities has been found in a white-tailed deer in Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.

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 ...

A hunter killed a wild deer in Catahoula Parish that tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The case is the first wild deer to test positive for the disease outside of Tensas Parish ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials say they have detected chronic wasting disease in deer populations in four additional counties.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has confirmed two cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild deer – one in LaGrange County and the other in Posey County.