Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a transmissible neurological disease of deer and elk that has been found in wild deer and elk in Wisconsin, as well as commercial game farms. Learn more about this disease through the following resources and research.

Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
http://www.cwd-info.org
This site provides information about CWD, news and updates, resources, recommendations for hunters, policy and legislation as well as CWD links. In addition it provides a helpful brochure outlining some basic information about CWD at http://www.cwd-info.org/pdf/CWD%20Brochure.pdf.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources CWD Information
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/wildlife/whealth/issues/cwd/
This site provides information regarding what the DNR has done to combat CWD, as well as well as several resources including a video of the human health implications regarding CWD.

Timothy R. Van Deelen Ph.D. Wisconsin DNR Research summary regarding on the topic of Chronic Wasting Disease and the Science in support of the Ban on Baiting and Feeding Deer.
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/resources.baiting
The Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance has posted on this page a research summary regarding the connection between Chronic Wasting Disease and baiting and feeding deer. The research was completed by Timothy R. Van Deelan for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Citizens Against the Irrational Slaughter of Deer (CAIDS)
http://www.caids-wi.org/
This site includes a research article by Anthony C. Grabski, Ph. D entitled, "The Science of CWD: A Chronology of Conclusions on Chronic Wasting Disease," at http://www.caidswi.org/Chronology.html. In addition the site includes recent stories and news about CWD as well as the science of CWD. CAIDS is argues against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' CWD plan.

Maddeer.org
http://www.maddeer.org
This site includes basic information about CWD, history, news clippings, research, links as well as solutions.

Chronic Wasting Disease in Free-Ranging Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer Study
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no5/02-0721.htm
A dispatch completed on CWD in the May issue of "Emerging Infections Diseases: a peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trend," put out by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

A Genetic Approach to the Problem of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/health_news/wmj_transcript.cfm?id=443
This site includes an article entitled, "A Genetic Approach to the Problem of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin," that appeared in the Fall 2002 edition of the Wisconsin Medical Journal. The article was written by Deanna Cross, Ph.D., and James Burmester Ph.D.