Thursday, 17 December 2015

PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervid - USA (20) (WY)

Chronic Wasting Disease -- United States
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a cow elk that was observed to be in poor health near Elk Mountain and was lethally removed. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk and moose. The elk was found in elk hunt area 11, which is flanked by [other] elk hunt areas and overlaps with a deer hunt area where CWD had already been documented.

The elk was reported to Game and Fish on 4 Dec 2015 near Bear Creek, 5 miles southeast of the town of Elk

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1O9eDXr

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