'Zombie' Deer Warning br Is Issued for Nevada Hunters The warning was issued by the br Nevada Department of Wildlife. br It's an attempt to keep "zombie" deer br from infecting its wildlife population. "Zombie" deer have br been infected with a br neurodegenerative disease that induces br severe weight loss, stumbling and drooling. Such deer can seem less afraid br of humans and more threatening. "Zombie" deer range across 24 states. The chronic-wasting disease br that transforms them into br zombie-like animals is always fatal. Nevada hunters are urged to br have their carcasses tested for br the disease at mobile sampling stations. The CDC warns that consuming br infected meat could result br in contracting the chronic-wasting disease.