LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A case of Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.Â
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife said Monday that a case of the disease was found in a dead deer from a Breckinridge County deer farm. This is Kentucky's first case of CWD in a captive group of deer, the department said in a news release.
CWD is a neurologic disease caused by abnormal proteins, and affects white-tailed deer, elk and other animals in the deer family. There is no cure or vaccine, and is always fatal in infected animals.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife said the disease is not known to be transmitted to people, but to be safe, the CDC advises not to eat meat from a deer that tested positive for the disease, or from animals that appear to be sick or in bad condition.
The state's Department of Agriculture issued a quarantine restricting live deer or deer products' movement in or out of Breckinridge County.Â
Kentucky hunters can help monitor the disease by dropping of the heads of legally-harvested deer for testing, at no cost to them. For a list of CWD sample drop-off sites, click here.
Deer that look sick can be reported to the Department of Fish and Wildlife by filling out a form here.
For updates on CWD, click here.
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