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APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) — An Outagamie County Deer Farm has had a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease.
That was announced by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). The farm was already under quarantine after receiving animals from a CWD affected farm.
The herd of approximately 30 deer will remain under quarantine while an epidemiological investigation is conducted by DATCP and U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarians and staff.
CWD is a fatal, neurological disease of deer, elk and moose caused by infectious proteins called prions. The disease can’t be tested for until after the death of the animal.
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