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.

Jan 23, 2025 · CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current treatments or preventative vaccines.

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's first positive CWD sample came from a hunter-harvested buck in the south-central part of the state. Photo by Deltaphoto / Adobe Stock Georgia wildlife officials announced Thursday that the state has confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease. The positive sample was taken from a ...

Jan 24, 2025 · This is the first case of CWD detected in Georgia. The sample was taken from a two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer harvested on private property. Immediately following the positive confirmation, WRD staff implemented the CWD Response Plan and are taking additional samples from the area.

Jan 24, 2025 · Georgia Department of Natural Resources 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 23, 2025 · First CWD Case in Georgia: A hunter-harvested white-tailed deer in Lanier County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), marking the first confirmed case in the state.

Aug 27, 2022 · From Georgia’s state border, the two nearest CWD discoveries in wild deer are 165 miles away in North Carolina and 135 miles to northwest Alabama. Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Kentucky are the remaining Southeastern states that have not discovered CWD in deer as of July 2022.

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.

Jan 24, 2025 · This is the first case of CWD detected in Georgia. The sample was taken from a two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer harvested on private property. Immediately following the positive confirmation, WRD staff implemented the CWD Response Plan and are taking additional samples from the area.