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The province has the world’s highest rates of the fatal neurodegenerative disease in animals such as deer, elk, and moose.
The findings don’t confirm that the fatal disease is a threat to people but do offer important clues to what infection might look like in humans.
An adult cow elk tested positive for the fatal disease in Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 77 in the refuge, officials say.
A second deer sampled in the same county has tested positive at the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System, and the result is awaiting confirmation.
The bats' range is expanding northward, while CWD is creeping southward, creating a worrisome overlap.
The infected white-tailed doe was harvested by a hunter in Deer Area 2 in January.
In the previous hunting season, three parks near Gettysburg National Military Park reported their first cases.
He was a section chief at the Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases at the National Institute of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana.
The infected deer was harvested by a hunter in Clement Township.
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet in March to finalize any deer-management changes prompted by the discovery.
