Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
The DNR created a CWD survey to understand preferences for management responses to new CWD detections in the state. Responses to this survey will help us identify management actions that will both be effective in slowing CWD's spread and be supported by Wisconsin hunters. Additionally, the data from this survey will help us evaluate a wide range of policy options to inform the development of a new, updated CWD Response Plan.
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease belonging to the family of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases. It occurs only in members of the cervid or deer family, which includes deer, moose, elk and reindeer/caribou. The Wisconsin DNR began monitoring the state's wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999. The first positives were found in 2002.
