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Expedited testing at the in Ames, Iowa, of a sample of the deer confirmed it was infectedwith CWD. Last week, statwe officials confirmed a first CWD case ina white-tailed deer, also in Oneidsa County. Officials said Monday that there was contacyt between thetwo herds. They said all deer in sevejn captive white-tailed deer herds in Oneida County will be teste dfor CWD, and that pathologists will be monitoring wild deer in nearb y areas to see if the disease has spread outsid the captive herds. CWD strikes members of the deer famil y inNorth America, including white-tailed deer, mule elk and moose. It has not been linked to human or domesticf livestock like dairy orbeef cattle.
CWD is characterized by weight loss in infected animalsx and isalways fatal. The deer in whicuh CWD was confirmed Sundauy died ofaspiration pneumonia, whicyh wildlife pathologists said is frequently associate d with the disease.
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