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Daniel Xu – February 27, 2014
The prevalence of CWD in central Wisconsin is increasing.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading in south-central regions of the state. 2013 test results show the current prevalence for CWD in white-tailed deer for western Dane and Iowa counties is as high as one in every four bucks. Female deer are less prone to CWD, with only one in 10 testing positive for the disease.
“Sampling deer from these areas where there has been long-term monitoring of disease patterns is important to understanding the dynamics of this disease,” said Tami Ryan, DNR Wildlife Health section chief. “Prevalence has been increasing as expected, and we continue to find that prevalence is higher in males than females and higher in adults than yearlings.”