PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervid – USA (07): (WY)

Chronic Wasting Disease — United States
Staff at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s wildlife disease laboratory in Laramie confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a buck mule deer harvested on 2 Oct 2015 near Flat Top Mountain, in deer hunt area 100, which lies about 15 miles [24 km] northwest of Baggs. Deer hunt area 100 is bordered by CWD positive deer hunt areas 82 and 84 to the east and 98 to the northeast. [Since area 100 is boarded on the east and the northeast by positive areas it seems likely it was