Chronic wasting disease is an incurable illness in deer that causes neurological problems, much like mad cow disease. The DNR found Indianas first case of chronic wasting disease last year.

Georgia confirms its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a white-tailed deer, prompting the DNR to establish a CWD Management Area and enforce precautions.

Ending the spread of CWD appears unlikely because the prions, which cluster in the brain and nervous system, can be transmitted in many of ways.