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Chronic wasting disease found in Alberta elk farm

Chronic wasting disease cases documented to fall 2014. (Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance)
Chronic wasting disease cases documented to fall 2014. (Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance)

WILDLIFE -- Just recently we heard about a case of chronic wasting disease involving a bull elk on a Utah game farm.

This week, belated news about the disease showing up at an elk farm in Canada:

Alberta game-farm elk tests positive for chronic-wasting disease
It's been more than a decade since chronic-wasting disease was found on a game farm in Alberta, where there are more than 200 elk farms that produce more than $10 million annually in product sales. But Alberta Agriculture spokesman Mike Long said Monday that the disease had been found on an undisclosed game farm in the province in January. Some are questioning why the announcement was delayed for so long.
--Calgary Herald

See more information about the disease across the continent by the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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