The first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a deadly neurological disease that impacts deer, was recently confirmed in ...

Traditionally ungulates were considered even or odd-toed hoofed animals, however, as genetics demonstrated new relationships between species, the number of animals who qualify as ungulates expanded.

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose and other cervid species. The disease can be transmitted from one animal to another and through the ...

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Of those samples, 335 tested positive for the disease, including 202 white-tailed deer, 127 mule deer and six elk. “We’re very excited about the number of samples we collected this season ...