Fatal deer disease found near New York border
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ITHACA â Researchers at Cornell University announced Thursday that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has found that a white-tailed deer in northwestern Pennsylvania, 5 miles from the New York state border, tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
Krysten Schuler, a wildlife disease ecologist with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicineâs New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center and one of the top researchers regarding CWD, said this positive case will require a thorough investigation to make sure it did not infect wild deer in New York.
âChronic wasting disease has increasingly plagued state wildlife and agricultural agencies with no sustainable solution in sight,â Ms. Schuler said in a news release. âNew York state is the only state to have eliminated CWD after it was detected in the wild in 2005 and has taken pre-emptive risk minimization actions to prevent the introduction of the disease in recent years, including banning