Chronic wasting disease confirmed in Yellowstone National Park for first time
Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed for the first time in Yellowstone National Park in a mule deer found dead near Yellowstone Lake, park officials said Tuesday.
The mule deer, an adult buck, died mid-October after making its way to the southeastern part of the national park during the past seven months, a Yellowstone National Park spokesperson said. The deer had been captured and collared by Wyoming Game and Fish Department crews in March as part of a population study.
Park spokesperson Morgan Warthin said multiple tests confirmed the deer had CWD, which affects the cervid family of white-tailed and mule deer, elk, and moose and is 100% fatal. There is no current vaccine or cure for CWD.
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