Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible, always fatal, neurological disease that affects deer and other cervids such as elk, moose and reindeer/caribou.
CWD was detected in North Carolina in March 2022. In response, CWD Surveillance Areas with special regulations have been established.
CWD Testing Chart
| Note: In addition to the information in the table below, tissue samples from 35 deer have been collected and shipped for testing, with results expected in the next 4 -6 weeks. |
Last Updated: June 27, 2024
| Current Sampling Year July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 |
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| County | # tested & CWD not detected | # of CWD positives | Total CWD Positives All Years |
| Alexander | 337 | 0 | 0 |
| Alleghany | 770 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashe | 967 | 0 | 0 |
| Bladen | 868 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumberland | 387 | 5 | 6 |
| Davie | 492 | 0 | 0 |
| Forsyth | 650 | 0 | 0 |
| Guilford | 865 | 0 | 0 |
| Harnett | 660 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoke | 214 | 0 | 0 |
| Iredell | 1,075 | 0 | 0 |
| Robeson | 490 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockingham | 1,980 | 0 | 0 |
| Sampson | 551 | 0 | 0 |
| Stokes | 1,207 | 1 | 2 |
| Surry | 1,144 | 5 | 10 |
| Wilkes | 1,263 | 0 | 1 |
| Yadkin | 989 | 2 | 4 |
| Undetermined | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rest of State | 20,950 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 36097 | 13 | 24 |