Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD is a transmissible and always fatal neurological disease that affects deer and other cervids. It is caused by misfolded proteins known as prions, it is also called 'Zombie Deer Disease'
It damages portions of the brain and the body starts losing fat and muscle, it is usually accompanied with a wide stance and swaying gait, lowered head and drooping ears, drooling, and lack of fear of humans— sometimes even aggression.

















