00:00Chronic Wasting Disease, a growing threat spreading across America's deer population.
00:05A white-tailed deer stag lowers its head in a Wisconsin forest.
00:10Chronic Wasting Disease spreads through deer, elk, moose, soil, saliva, and hunting camps.
00:16A sick deer may stagger through a field, drool heavily, lose weight, and stand with a blank stare.
00:23Wisconsin hunters test deer heads at drop-off sites because the disease has been tracked there for decades.
00:30Colorado elk move through mountain timber, where chronic wasting disease can spread through contact and contaminated ground.
00:37Pennsylvania deer step across farm edges and wooded lots, while hunters watch expanding disease management zones.
00:45Missouri biologists collect lymph node samples from harvested deer, then send tissue to labs for disease testing.
00:52Texas wildlife officials monitor deer breeding facilities and free-ranging herds after chronic wasting disease detections.
01:00Minnesota hunters wear gloves while field-dressing deer, then avoid meat from any animal that tests positive.
01:06Tennessee check stations collect deer samples during hunting season, as wildlife agencies track new county detections.
01:14Laboratory technicians examine deer tissue under bright lights, searching for misfolded proteins called prions.
01:22Deer trails, mineral sites, carcass piles, and shared feeders can move infected material through hunting country.
01:29A hunter closes a cooler, reads a test result, and leaves unsafe venison off the dinner table.
01:35Ready to roll.
01:36A hunt is a gebaut.춘
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