A buck harvested in Mecosta County has been identified with chronic wasting disease, the Michigan Department of Natural ...
Testing is expected to continue through January, with hundreds of samples to be processed in the latter half of the month.
CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, elk and moose. The chronic disease develops and spreads slowly.
A deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Mecosta County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Mecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. An adult buck ...
MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has reported Mecosta County's first chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive wild deer. CWD is a fatal neurological ...