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Chronic wasting disease detected in deer near Yellowstone

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 -- A buck white-tailed deer killed Nov. 1 in a hunting area about 25 miles east of Yellowstone National Park has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

The case of fatal neurological disease that infects elk, deer and moose hadn't previously been discovered close to the park.

During a July conference about another disease, the park’s chief of wildlife P.J. White said chronic wasting disease might already be in the park even though it hasn’t been detected.

The disease is similar to mad cow disease and not known to be contractible by humans.

CWD has not been detected in Washington.



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