Other Animal Disease — United States
Preliminary tests indicate bacteria found in an abnormal hoof taken from an elk killed in a vehicle collision in Skagit County east of Sedro-Woolley may be the same strain found in diseased elk in southwest Washington.
Last month [December 2015], the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) sent abnormal hooves collected from 4 elk in northwest Washington to Colorado State University to test for treponeme-associated hoof disease, which has infected 2 elk herds in southwest
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