Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer

Monday, October 10, 2016 - 08:11 in Biology & Nature

Chronic wasting disease may have long-term negative effects on white-tailed deer, a highly visible and economically valuable keystone species, according to a new study from the USGS and published in Ecology. CWD is an always-fatal, neurological disease of the deer family, scientifically referred to as cervids that include white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose. […]

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