Martin Marchello, Professor
Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU
Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist/
Assistant Professor, NDSU Extension Service
Before the Hunt:
New Concerns
Concern has grown in recent years about a disease affecting deer and elk called Chronic Wasting Disease
(CWD), which belongs to a family of diseases known as Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). CWD symptoms include weight loss, stumbling, tremors, lack of coordination, blank facial expressions, excessive salivation, loss of appetite, excessive thirst and urination, listlessness, teeth grinding, abnormal head posture and drooping ears.