Thursday, 7 July 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervid - USA (14): (TX)

Chronic Wasting Disease -- United States
The number of Texas deer with confirmed chronic wasting disease has apparently doubled. The Texas Animal Health Commission had been monitoring a deer ranch in Medina County, and testing found 13 new cases of the fatal disease at the captive breeding facility. "A 3.5-year-old doe tested positive in April 2016, and so the facility was quarantined, and additional testing was done, and more CWD was found," Tom Harvey, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman, said today [5 Jul

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/29m82xg

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