CWD in NYS captive deer - slide show

The NY State Department of Environmental Conservation must have had a public meeting last night. They have some new powerpoint slides in pdf form on their web site, and one in particular (called "CWD
Discussion") has some interesting info on movement of deer in and out of the first affected farm.

Although it isn't yet clear how CWD was introduced to the farm. Most deer came from the wild as rehabbed deer, although deer were also brought in from other farms. Regardless of how it got there, the relatively high prevalence on the farm (4/19 or 21%) combined with the high numbers of deer moved off the farm into the wild (over 30 deer since 1997), there was certainly potential for spread of CWD into the wild.

Damien
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