date:Jan 03, 2014
lt that comes back positive or negative gives us a clearer picture of how prevalent the disease is, and monitoring for CWD is an important part of our efforts to manage its spread.
The first positive case of CWD was detected at a deer farm in Adams County. Since then, three free-ranging deer taken by hunters during the 2012 season two deer in Blair County and one in Bedford County tested positive for CWD. CWD is fatal in deer, elk and moose, but there is no evidence that the disease can be