A white-tailed deer from a Shawano County hunting ranch has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The announcement came from the Wisconsin Veterinary Services in Ames, Iowa.
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s Animal Health Division will initiate an investigation. A 3-year old buck was one of about 245 deer that were reported to be on the large ranch. The buck was transferred from the breeding facility that it was born on, to the ranch in 2015. The veterinarian issued a quarantine order for the Shawano County herd and its related breeding farm in Waupaca County. The order allows for movement of deer from the breeding farm to the ranch and to slaughter, but prevents movement of deer to anywhere else.
Investigations as to whether other herds may have been exposed to the CWD test positive deer are currently taking place.
