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New York Activates Five-Year Containment Zone After First Wild Chronic Wasting Disease Detection in 21 Years

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has established a five-year containment area in Livingston County after confirming the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer since 2005. The disease, caused by misfolded proteins that destroy brain tissue, was detected in a white-tailed deer harvested in the town of Sparta. While CWD is always fatal to deer, elk, and moose, officials state there is no evidence of human transmission. The DEC is mandating tissue testing for all deer harvested in six specific towns and prohibiting the transport of whole animals or certain deer products out of the zone.

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New York Activates Five-Year Containment Zone After First Wild Chronic Wasting Disease Detection in 21 Years

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has established a five-year containment area in Livingston County after confirming the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer since 2005. The disease, caused by misfolded proteins that destroy brain tissue, was detected in a white-tailed deer harvested in the town of Sparta. While CWD is always fatal to deer, elk, and moose, officials state there is no evidence of human transmission. The DEC is mandating tissue testing for all deer harvested in six specific towns and prohibiting the transport of whole animals or certain deer products out of the zone. Vermont officials have also issued warnings to hunters regarding the illegal transport of unprocessed deer from New York.

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environment-and-wildlife1 day ago

New York Activates Five-Year Containment Zone After First Wild Chronic Wasting Disease Detection in 21 Years

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has established a five-year containment area in Livingston County after confirming the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer since 2005. The disease, caused by misfolded proteins that destroy brain tissue, was detected in a white-tailed deer harvested in the town of Sparta. While CWD is always fatal to deer, elk, and moose, officials state there is no evidence of human transmission. The DEC is mandating tissue testing for all deer harvested in six specific towns and prohibiting the transport of whole animals or certain deer products out of the zone. Vermont officials have also issued warnings to hunters regarding the illegal transport of unprocessed deer from New York.

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environment-and-wildlife6 days ago

New York Confirms First Wild Chronic Wasting Disease Case Since 2005 in Livingston County

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) confirmed its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild deer since 2005. The fatal prion disease was detected in an adult female white-tailed deer harvested in the Town of Sparta, Livingston County. In response, the DEC has established a containment area covering six towns and mandated that hunters submit tissue samples from all harvested deer within this zone. While CWD is always fatal to deer, moose, and elk, officials state there is no evidence it transmits to humans or domestic livestock. Additional testing is underway at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Iowa to determine the extent of the outbreak.

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