Chronic Wasting Disease

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A dog trained to detect CWD in deer and elk.

Can Dogs Detect Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Deer?

In an innovative twist, dogs are now at the forefront of battling Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania’s deer and elk.

How to Remove Deer Lymph Nodes for Chronic Wasting Disease Testing

How to Remove Deer Lymph Nodes for Chronic Wasting Disease Testing

If you hunt deer in a zone where chronic wasting disease has been found, we recommend you submit every harvested deer for CWD testing.

The Reality of Chronic Wasting Disease

The Reality of Chronic Wasting Disease

Our limited understanding of the history of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) only goes back to the 1960’s in Colorado where a captive deer at a research facility became the first animal where the disease was detected. Read that sentence again.