The buck was harvested near the border with Michigan, where CWD had already been detected.
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It may be possible for deer or non-cervid animals such as people to be exposed to prions from contaminated plants, but the CWD-prion species barrier in humans is thought to be high.
The BC Wildlife Federation reports 2 cases of the fatal neurodegenerative prion disease in a male mule deer and a female white-tailed deer in the southeastern part of the province.
The disease was confirmed in a buck mule deer in Deer Hunt Area 90 in December.
The CWD positive is the first at Sheboygan County farm, though the disease had been detected in the area's wild deer.
The fatal neurodegenerative infection was confirmed in a hunter-harvested cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 28 in late December.
During the next 5 years, the farm won't be able to hold cervids—members of the deer family—and must maintain fences and allow routine inspections.
For the first time, CWD was found in Rock, Blaine, and Thomas counties, all in the north-central part of the state.
The sample was obtained from a taxidermist and tested as part of proactive surveillance.
The case was in a cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 122 harvested by a hunter in early November.
The case was in a 2-year-old whitetail buck harvested by a hunter on a low-fenced property and tested through surveillance sampling.