A Portage County deer farm has been placed under quarantine due to the finding of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer on its premises, according to an Oct. 10, 2025 announcement from the ...
Twenty-three years after the first detections were reported, chronic wasting disease continues to spread geographically and increase in prevalence in Wisconsin's white-tailed deer herd, according to ...
What is chronic wasting disease? Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious and fatal prion disease that damages the central nervous systems of cervids (e.g., species in the “deer family”), ...