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CWD Detected in Washington County Deer
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/16/2020
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that a wild deer in Washington County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Wardens say the animal was shot in the town of Polk, within ten miles of Ozaukee County.
As required by state law, the agency will enact a new two-year ban on baiting and feeding in Ozaukee County effective January 5, and renew a three-year baiting and feeding ban in Washington County.
The CWD-positive deer was an adult buck harvested during the 2020 archery deer season that was tested as part of the department's disease surveillance efforts. This is the first wild deer detection in Washington County.
CWD is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease of deer, moose, elk and reindeer. The state began monitoring the wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999.
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