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Chronic wasting disease turns up in Macon Co.

January 25, 2012 By Jessica Machetta

The conservation department has found two wild deer in Macon County with chronic wasting disease. The deer are among the 1,100 killed in north-central Missouri during the recent hunting season. Both deer are males.
The department plans to kill some more deer int he area to run additional tests. Chronic wasting disease is a nerve disease that can be spreadto other deer, elk, and moose in theanimal family known as “cervids.” There’s no evidence the disease can be spread to cattle; humans can not contract the disease by eating or coming in contact with infected animals.

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