Wildlife diseases

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting cervids—members of the deer family—including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk (wapiti), moose, and reindeer. It belongs to a group of disorders known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), which are caused not by bacteria or viruses, but by misfolded proteins called prions. CWD is characterized […]