Saturday, 14 December 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease - USA (19): (MT) wild elk

Chronic Wasting Disease -- United States
Montana recorded its 1st suspected case of chronic wasting disease [CWD] in wild elk Monday [25 Nov 2019]. The cow elk was harvested by a landowner on private land northeast of Red Lodge earlier this month [November 2019], and samples were extracted from the carcass in Billings on 6 Nov [2019]. Test results confirming the suspected presence of the disease were returned to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and the hunter on Monday [25 Nov 2019].
CWD was found in a herd of captive

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6841085&promed&0

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