Which Missouri counties showed deer with chronic wasting disease

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Division of Conservation mentioned 86 deer out of 32,000 examined had been optimistic for continual losing illness (CWD) between July 2021 and April 2022.

CWD is a lethal sickness in white-tailed deer and different members of the deer household. The MDC mentioned it’s comparatively uncommon in Missouri, however the efforts to detect it and restrict its unfold will proceed.

There have been 292 instances of CWD for the reason that first case was detected by conservation officers in 2012. MDC has collected greater than 210,000 samples for CWD testing since then.

Within the Ozarks, instances of CWD had been present in Barry, Cedar, Christian, Howell, Pulaski, Stone, and Taney counties. This was the primary time the illness was detected in Barry, Christian, and Howell counties.

That is how the instances from the newest testing batch break down amongst all counties: Adair (2), Barry (4), Cedar (2), Christian (2), Franklin (6), Howell (1), Jefferson (12), Linn (12), Macon (10), Oregon (6), Perry (2), Pulaski (1), Putnam (1), St. Clair (1), Ste. Genevieve (15), Stone (6), Taney (2), and Washington (1).

The deer had been examined by the MDC as a part of necessary sampling throughout firearms deer season and as a part of the division’s partnership with landowners.