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PRO/AH/EDR> Chronic wasting disease, cervid – USA (03): (TX) wild

Chronic Wasting Disease -- United StatesChronic wasting disease has been detected in a hunter harvested 1 1/2 -year-old white-tailed buck submitted for sampling within Surveillance Zone 3 in Medina County. This marks the 1st confirmed case of CWD in a free-ranging Texas whitetail. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) are taking steps to deploy an early detection and containment strategy designed to limit the spread of CWD from the affected area Read more [...]