MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirmed on Thursday that a deer at a deer farm in Wisconsin tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
According to a release from the DATCP, the positive result for CWD came from a 5 1/2-year-old doe on a Rock County Deer Farm
CWD is a fatal, neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose, caused by an infectious protein that affects the animal’s brain called a prion.
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DATCP officials say they regulate deer farms for registration, record keeping, disease testing, movement, and permit requirements.
In this case, the farm where this recent doe was found is being quarantined while the DATCP and the US Department of Agriculture veterinarians and staff conduct an epidemiological investigation.
No other information is available at this time.
