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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer populations in Ford County. CWD is a terminal disease that impacts the brains of white-tailed deer. It was first discovered in Northern Illinois near Roscoe in 2002, and has since spread to 21 counties across […]
Facing an outbreak that’s unusually deadly for wild birds and spreading to more mammals, scientists worry about when, or if, it will end.
IDNR announces 2022 chronic wasting disease sampling locations for deer hunters SPRINGFIELD, IL-(Effingham Rad...
Close to 30,000 turkeys were euthanized on an Indiana farm after an outbreak of bird flu was discovered among its population.