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Trempealeau County hunting ranch quarantined, after two bucks test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease

Trempealeau County hunting ranch quarantined, after two bucks test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease

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Two deer from a Trempealeau County ranch have tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

That, according to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).

All 505 animals on the 1,597-acre ranch are now being quarantined by DATCP — so no live animals or carcasses can leave the area.

The quarantine will remain while a DATCP epidemiological investigates, along with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinarians and staff.

The positive CWD sample came from two 3½-year-old whitetail bucks.

DATCP describes CWD as a fatal, neurological disease of deer, elk and moose caused by an infectious protein called a prion that affects the animal’s brain. Testing for CWD is typically only performed after the animal’s death.

DATCP regulates deer farms for registration, record-keeping, disease testing, movement and permit.


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