Post by gundude on Mar 4, 2006 10:09:49 GMT -5
I found this over on the H.H. site and thought some here would interested to see it as well.... Pretty daming evidence of how this diease spreads if you ask me!
Portage County deer test positive for CWD
The Associated Press
MADISON — Sixty of the 76 deer killed at a Portage County game farm earlier this year tested positive for chronic wasting disease, state officials said Friday.
Buckhorn Flats was the first game farm in the state to have a deer test positive for the disease, which causes the animals to grow thin and die. Its herd has been under quarantine since the first positive test in 2002, and the latest results mean 82 deer have tested positive for the disease from the farm.
The 76 does and yearlings were from the breeding herd on the farm. They were killed in January by U.S. Department of Agriculture shooters under an agreement with the owner.
State officials are also trying to determine what happened to approximately 40 deer that were housed in the game preserve portion of the operation. A breech in the fence surrounding that part of the farm was found earlier this year, and officials have not been able to find any of the 40 deer housed in the preserve, which was in operation until last year.
Two does and two fawns that state officials believed wandered into the preserve from the wild were also killed and tested. CWD was not detected in those animals.
Other than Buckhorn Flats, CWD has been found in 12 white-tailed deer and one elk on six other Wisconsin farms.
Portage County deer test positive for CWD
The Associated Press
MADISON — Sixty of the 76 deer killed at a Portage County game farm earlier this year tested positive for chronic wasting disease, state officials said Friday.
Buckhorn Flats was the first game farm in the state to have a deer test positive for the disease, which causes the animals to grow thin and die. Its herd has been under quarantine since the first positive test in 2002, and the latest results mean 82 deer have tested positive for the disease from the farm.
The 76 does and yearlings were from the breeding herd on the farm. They were killed in January by U.S. Department of Agriculture shooters under an agreement with the owner.
State officials are also trying to determine what happened to approximately 40 deer that were housed in the game preserve portion of the operation. A breech in the fence surrounding that part of the farm was found earlier this year, and officials have not been able to find any of the 40 deer housed in the preserve, which was in operation until last year.
Two does and two fawns that state officials believed wandered into the preserve from the wild were also killed and tested. CWD was not detected in those animals.
Other than Buckhorn Flats, CWD has been found in 12 white-tailed deer and one elk on six other Wisconsin farms.
