The DNR confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease in a wild deer in La Crosse County.

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Now, the Wisconsin DNR has confirmed the first positive test result for the disease in a wild deer within La Crosse County.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced a CWD-positive deer has been detected in Carbon County. The deer, an adult male, was detected in Packer Township, Carbon County. This detection is the first ...

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State officials have issued a warning about two deer being positive for the fatal chronic wasting disease in West Texas. Here ...

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Finding so-called prions in skin samples may lead to early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But the discovery also hints at possible risks from surgery. By Denise Grady Ireland has met American ...

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