Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

This document is WEC471, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2025 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Anastasia Postowski, graduate student, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Kristen Wilson, biological scientist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Samantha M. Wisely, director, Cervidae Health Research Initiative (CHeRI), professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and research affiliate, UF Emerging Pathogens Institute; and Bridget B. Baker, research assistant professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, Florida 32611.