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DEC: Positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease found in wild deer in Livingston County
WHEC.com • • health
Key Points:
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was detected in a wild adult female white-tailed deer in Livingston County, New York, marking the first case in a wild deer in the state since 2005.
- The positive sample was tested and retested at Cornell University's New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, with further testing currently underway.
- The DEC requires hunters in six towns within Livingston County to submit tissue samples from harvested deer for CWD testing to help contain the disease.
- Hunters can have their deer tested by visiting DEC check stations, cooperating meat processors or taxidermists, or by submitting deer heads to designated collection bins.
- DEC officials emphasize that CWD is a deadly, slow-onset disease that can affect seemingly healthy deer, making testing and containment efforts crucial to preventing its spread.
