CWD Cases Continues to Multiply in Pennsylvania
by TBC Press on 06/23/18
The number of chronic wasting disease cases continues to multiply in Pennsylvania, and more of the state’s residents are being impacted by rules that aim to slow the spread of the disease, which always is fatal to the deer and elk it infects. In 2017, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in 78 free-ranging deer in Pennsylvania. That’s more than three times the number of free-ranging, CWD-positive deer documented in the state in 2016, when 25 were detected. Most of the new free-ranging positives – 75 of them – either were... READ MORE
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