More counties in Iowa are showing cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer.
Iowa DNR state deer biologist Jace Elliott says there were a few more counties added to the list of those with positive CWD tests in deer following this year’s hunt. Thirty-eight of Iowa’s 99 counties now have at least one positive detection.
Elliott says it is a slow moving disease, but it can sometimes turn up where they don’t expect it.
The first positive case of CWD was confirmed in deer in northeast Iowa along the Wisconsin board in 2013. Elliott says they started testing way before that to be prepared.
He says the game plan is to try and slow the spread of the disease.
Chronic Wasting Disease is fatal to deer. You can find out more about the CWD cases in Iowa on the DNR’s website at iowadnr.gov and look for the CWD interactive dashboard.
story courtesy of Radio Iowa
