The Illinois Department of Natural Resources discovered CWD in a wild white-tailed deer, the state’s first documented case of CWD.

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SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in a sample from a wild deer near Roscoe in Winnebago County, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. CWD is not known to be contagious to livestock or humans.

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