Fatal disease detected in wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania
March 1, 2013 4:35 pm
By John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A fatal wildlife disease has been detected for the first time in wild populations of white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania.
Today the Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that three deer killed by hunters during the 2012 rifle deer season in Blair and Bedford counties tested positive for the neurological disorder, chronic wasting disease. In October 2012, a farm-raised penned deer in Adams County tested positive in the state's first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease.The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has said there is no evidence chronic wasting disease can be transmitted to humans or household pets. The state has not issued consumption advisories for hunter-shot venison.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/fatal-disease-detected-in-wild-white-tailed-deer-in-pennsylvania-677456/#ixzz2ML6i3rPG
Fatal disease detected in wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania
March 1, 2013 4:35 pm
By John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A fatal wildlife disease has been detected for the first time in wild populations of white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania.
Today the Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that three deer killed by hunters during the 2012 rifle deer season in Blair and Bedford counties tested positive for the neurological disorder, chronic wasting disease. In October 2012, a farm-raised penned deer in Adams County tested positive in the state's first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease.The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has said there is no evidence chronic wasting disease can be transmitted to humans or household pets. The state has not issued consumption advisories for hunter-shot venison.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/fatal-disease-detected-in-wild-white-tailed-deer-in-pennsylvania-677456/#ixzz2ML6i3rPG
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/fatal-disease-detected-in-wild-white-tailed-deer-in-pennsylvania-677456/#ixzz2ML6i3rPG
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