Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervid – USA (04): (TX)

PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervid – USA (04): (TX)

Chronic Wasting Disease -- Worldwide/UnknownA 2-year-old white-tailed deer in a Medina County [Texas] deer breeding facility has been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). This is the 1st case of CWD detected in captive white-tailed deer in Texas. CWD was first detected in Texas in 2012 in free-ranging mule deer in the Hueco Mountains in far West Texas.The Medina County tissue samples submitted by the breeder facility in early June [2015] as part of routine deer mortality surveillance Read more [...]