CWD

Delaware has confirmed its first case of CWD found in a wild white-tailed deer.

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[versión en español] [vèsyon kreyòl ayisyen] Delaware has confirmed its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild white-tailed deer. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced the positive test results today after the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory (USDA NVSL) confirmed positive results from hunter-harvested deer taken as … Read more

Vampire bats have invaded the United States, and scientists fear they could spread deadly zombie deer disease to humans.

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Vampire bats have invaded the United States, and scientists fear they could spread deadly zombie deer disease to humans.

Deer showing signs of CWD. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In 2022, Peter Larsen wakes up in the Guyana rainforest with a strange sensation in his leg. A University of Minnesota researcher sleeping in an outdoor house turned on his headlamp and found a vampire bat (the very animal he traveled to South America to study) sucking … Read more