Chronic Wasting Disease -- United States
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports the 1st confirmed case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a county outside of northeast Iowa.
Widlife biologist Terry Haindfield says a doe taken in the 1st shotgun season tested positive for the disease. "In the southeast corner of Wayne County, Iowa. It's about 5 miles from the Missouri border," Haindfield says. He says Missouri has had positive tests for CWD that were about 50 miles from where the deer tested positive in Wayne
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5618653&promed&0
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