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3 More Captive Deer Test Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease In Blair, Lancaster Counties

The Department of Agriculture Friday announced three captive deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania, bringing the total to 49 since the disease was discovered in Pennsylvania in 2012.

The disease was confirmed in two white-tailed deer on a small hobby farm in Greenfield Township, Blair County. These are the first CWD positives among captive deer in Blair County. The farm is now under quarantine.

A West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County deer also tested positive. The deer was among a herd that was euthanized after a deer tested positive in February 2018. It was the only positive result among 36 deer tested.

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Visit Agriculture’s Captive Deer CWD Program webpage and the Game Commission Chronic Wasting Disease webpage.

[Posted: June 8, 2018]


6/11/2018

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